bump to 0.5.3
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f4bce2e..469b1c5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.5.3 - March 15 2016
+---------------------
+* style/packaging changes
+
+
 0.5.2 - February 3 2016
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2d3eccc..f11d8ce 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'jellyfish'
-copyright = '2015, James Turk'
+copyright = '2016, James Turk'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.5'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5.2'
+release = '0.5.3'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fbeaa9d..76c1540 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         long_description = readme.read()
 
     setup(name="jellyfish",
-          version="0.5.2",
+          version="0.5.3",
           platforms=["any"],
           description=("a library for doing approximate and "
                        "phonetic matching of strings."),