release: 7.53.0
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 4f47800..f5b890b 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  Command line options:         205
  curl_easy_setopt() options:   244
  Public functions in libcurl:  61
- Contributors:                 1496
+ Contributors:                 1506
 
 This release includes the following changes:
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 This release includes the following bugfixes:
 
+ o CVE-2017-2629: make SSL_VERIFYSTATUS work again [64]
  o gnutls-random: check return code for failed random
  o openssl-random: check return code when asking for random
  o http: remove "Curl_http_done: called premature" message
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@
  o docs: fix timeout handling in multi-uv example
  o digest_sspi: Fix nonce-count generation in HTTP digest [61]
  o sftp: improved checks for create dir failures [62]
+ o smb: use getpid replacement for windows UWP builds [63]
+ o digest_sspi: Handle 'stale=TRUE' directive in HTTP digest [65]
 
 This release includes the following known bugs:
 
@@ -122,9 +125,9 @@
   Kamil Dudka, Kim Minjoong, Kyselgov E.N, Marcus Hoffmann, Markus Westerlind,
   Max Khon, Michael Kaufmann, Mingliang Zhu, Nick Draffen, Nick Zitzmann,
   Patrick Monnerat, Peter Wu, Praveen Pvs, Ray Satiro, R. Dennis Steed,
-  Richy Kim, Sean Burford, Simon Warta, Tim Rühsen, Viktor Szakáts,
-  zelinchen on github,
-  (46 contributors)
+  Richy Kim, Sean Burford, Simon Warta, tarek112 on github, Tim Rühsen,
+  Viktor Szakáts, zelinchen on github,
+  (47 contributors)
 
         Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)
 
@@ -192,3 +195,6 @@
  [60] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=1248
  [61] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=1251
  [62] = https://curl.haxx.se/bug/?i=1269
+ [63] = https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/7676b8780db1e1e591c4fc7eba4f96f73c428cb4/ports/curl/0002_fix_uwp.patch
+ [64] = https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170222.html
+ [65] = https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/928
diff --git a/docs/THANKS b/docs/THANKS
index 8537409..bd71992 100644
--- a/docs/THANKS
+++ b/docs/THANKS
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 Andreas Ntaflos
 Andreas Olsson
 Andreas Rieke
+Andreas Roth
 Andreas Schuldei
 Andreas Streichardt
 Andreas Wurf
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@
 Anthony Avina
 Anthony Bryan
 Anthony G. Basile
+Antoine Aubert
 Antoine Calando
 Anton Bychkov
 Anton Kalmykov
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@
 Bryan Kemp
 Byrial Jensen
 Cameron Kaiser
+Cameron MacMinn
 Camille Moncelier
 Caolan McNamara
 Carlo Wood
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@
 Christopher Palow
 Christopher R. Palmer
 Christopher Stone
+Chungtsun Li
 Ciprian Badescu
 Claes Jakobsson
 Clarence Gardner
@@ -276,6 +280,7 @@
 Dan Cristian
 Dan Donahue
 Dan Fandrich
+Dan Jacobson
 Dan Locks
 Dan McNulty
 Dan Nelson
@@ -292,6 +297,7 @@
 Daniel Lee Hwang
 Daniel Melani
 Daniel Mentz
+Daniel Romero
 Daniel Schauenberg
 Daniel Seither
 Daniel Shahaf
@@ -371,6 +377,7 @@
 Dolbneff A.V
 Domenico Andreoli
 Dominick Meglio
+Dominik Hölzl
 Dominique Leuenberger
 Doug Kaufman
 Doug Porter
@@ -406,6 +413,7 @@
 Emiliano Ida
 Enrico Scholz
 Enrik Berkhan
+Eramoto Masaya
 Eric Cooper
 Eric Hu
 Eric Landes
@@ -438,6 +446,7 @@
 Fabian Keil
 Fabian Ruff
 Fabrizio Ammollo
+Fahim Chandurwala
 Fedor Karpelevitch
 Feist Josselin
 Felix Yan
@@ -610,6 +619,7 @@
 Jay Austin
 Jayesh A Shah
 Jaz Fresh
+Jean Gressmann
 Jean Jacques Drouin
 Jean-Claude Chauve
 Jean-Francois Bertrand
@@ -651,7 +661,7 @@
 Jiri Dvorak
 Jiri Hruska
 Jiri Jaburek
-Jiri Malak
+Jiří Malák
 Jocelyn Jaubert
 Joe Halpin
 Joe Malicki
@@ -764,6 +774,7 @@
 Kevin Lussier
 Kevin Reed
 Kevin Roth
+Kim Minjoong
 Kim Rinnewitz
 Kim Vandry
 Kimmo Kinnunen
@@ -780,6 +791,7 @@
 Kyle J. McKay
 Kyle L. Huff
 Kyle Sallee
+Kyselgov E.N
 Lachlan O'Dea
 Larry Campbell
 Larry Fahnoe
@@ -860,6 +872,7 @@
 Marco Deckel
 Marco G. Salvagno
 Marco Maggi
+Marcus Hoffmann
 Marcus Sundberg
 Marcus Webster
 Mario Schroeder
@@ -880,6 +893,7 @@
 Markus Koetter
 Markus Moeller
 Markus Oberhumer
+Markus Westerlind
 Marquis de Muesli
 Martijn Koster
 Martin C. Martin
@@ -914,6 +928,7 @@
 Mauro Iorio
 Mauro Rappa
 Max Katsev
+Max Khon
 Maxim Ivanov
 Maxim Perenesenko
 Maxim Prohorov
@@ -966,6 +981,7 @@
 Mike Revi
 Miklos Nemeth
 Miloš Ljumović
+Mingliang Zhu
 Miroslav Franc
 Miroslav Spousta
 Mitz Wark
@@ -989,6 +1005,7 @@
 Neil Spring
 Nic Roets
 Nicholas Maniscalco
+Nick Draffen
 Nick Gimbrone
 Nick Humfrey
 Nick Zitzmann
@@ -1108,11 +1125,13 @@
 Pooyan McSporran
 Pramod Sharma
 Prash Dush
+Praveen Pvs
 Priyanka Shah
 Puneet Pawaia
 Quagmire
 Quanah Gibson-Mount
 Quinn Slack
+R. Dennis Steed
 Radu Simionescu
 Rafa Muyo
 Rafael Antonio
@@ -1166,6 +1185,7 @@
 Richard Prescott
 Richard Silverman
 Richard van den Berg
+Richy Kim
 Rick Jones
 Rick Richardson
 Ricki Hirner
@@ -1241,6 +1261,7 @@
 Scott Davis
 Scott McCreary
 Sean Boudreau
+Sean Burford
 Sebastian Mundry
 Sebastian Pohlschmidt
 Sebastian Rasmussen
@@ -1470,6 +1491,7 @@
 bsammon on github
 dkjjr89 on github
 eXeC64 on github
+jonrumsey on github
 jveazey on github
 kreshano on github
 lukaszgn on github
@@ -1479,8 +1501,10 @@
 nopjmp on github
 silveja1 on github
 swalkaus at yahoo.com
+tarek112 on github
 tommink[at]post.pl
 vanillajonathan on github
 wmsch on github
+zelinchen on github
 Štefan Kremeň
 Никита Дорохин