diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
index 0efe3a987..817244838 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.2a"
+#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.3a"
 #define SVN_REVISION "Revision $WCREV$"
 
 namespace RsUtil {