diff --git a/aider/__init__.py b/aider/__init__.py
index 1ff385136b6..3c5da5f964a 100644
--- a/aider/__init__.py
+++ b/aider/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.52.2-dev"
+__version__ = "0.53.0"