diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4a3fe96cc550563a09f486bb5c3cd45e8a22de12..9e83e082050f718f0c8f3aa717939c7bf1cbc869 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 void f_version(INT32 args)
 {
   pop_n_elems(args);
-  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 52");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 53");
 }