diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0a18bcc73da38731346d297f1f72f451601f42a..bb38066fcec10a4f2859e21f1b27ae6e5b0bf88e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Open [http://localhost:8888/html/setup.html](http://localhost:8888/html/setup.ht
 your browser.
 
 ## Change log
+Omitted versions are plain bugfix releases with only minor changes and fixes.
 
 ### v0.5.2
 - allows to download large files over longer time period
diff --git a/nomad/config.py b/nomad/config.py
index 0a3269ec17ce8454efc35e2b6b6996a75dde878f..21ff26fd7af5599f192175e928705f88fa6500db 100644
--- a/nomad/config.py
+++ b/nomad/config.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ client = NomadConfig(
     url='http://localhost:8000/fairdi/nomad/latest/api'
 )
 
-version = '0.5.2'
+version = '0.5.3'
 commit = gitinfo.commit
 release = 'devel'
 domain = 'DFT'
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/Chart.yaml b/ops/helm/nomad/Chart.yaml
index b717fd241fd0609d3716f71492f6600e2e6cf652..750ded88ceee76bb6b893ff06718cf6c18928993 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: "0.5.2"
+appVersion: "0.5.3"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes that only runs nomad services and uses externally hosted databases.
 name: nomad
-version: 0.5.2
+version: 0.5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6694c44ec6b502d69d8f58ebdcd57ee07e0f224c..e9b269cd8f8e2b886e1294deba44d997dcec7ea0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ reqs = [str(ir.req) for ir in install_reqs if 'sphinxcontrib.httpdomain' not in
 
 setup(
     name='nomad',
-    version='0.5.2',
+    version='0.5.3',
     description='The nomad@FAIRDI infrastructure python package',
     py_modules=['nomad'],
     install_requires=reqs,