diff --git a/lib/kafka/version.rb b/lib/kafka/version.rb
index ce87bd3a8..2dbdef288 100644
--- a/lib/kafka/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kafka/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Kafka
-  VERSION = "0.5.2"
+  VERSION = "0.5.3"
 end