diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f56a1eb9fe..83beb96ac1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Augur NEW Release v0.52.0
+# Augur NEW Release v0.53.0
 
 [![first-timers-only](https://img.shields.io/badge/first--timers--only-friendly-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.firsttimersonly.com/) We follow the [First Timers Only](https://www.firsttimersonly.com/) philosophy of tagging issues for first timers only, and walking one newcomer through the resolution process weekly. [You can find these issues tagged with "first timers only" on our issues list.](https://github.com/chaoss/augur/labels/first-timers-only).
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ### [If you want to jump right in, updated docker build/compose and bare metal installation instructions are available here](docs/new-install.md)
 
 
-Augur is now releasing a dramatically improved new version to the main branch. It is also available here: https://github.com/chaoss/augur/releases/tag/v0.52.0
+Augur is now releasing a dramatically improved new version to the main branch. It is also available here: https://github.com/chaoss/augur/releases/tag/v0.53.0
 - The `main` branch is a stable version of our new architecture, which features:
   - Dramatic improvement in the speed of large scale data collection (100,000+ repos). All data is obtained for 100k+ repos within 2 weeks.
   - A new job management architecture that uses Celery and Redis to manage queues, and enables users to run a Flower job monitoring dashboard
diff --git a/docker/backend/Dockerfile b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
index 2321aff282..3bcad3a6a4 100644
--- a/docker/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM python:3.8.11-slim-buster
 
 LABEL maintainer="outdoors@acm.org"
-LABEL version="0.52.0"
+LABEL version="0.53.0"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
diff --git a/docker/database/Dockerfile b/docker/database/Dockerfile
index 8894b6206a..203fcffca2 100644
--- a/docker/database/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/database/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM postgres:12
 
 LABEL maintainer="outdoors@acm.org"
-LABEL version="0.52.0"
+LABEL version="0.53.0"
 
 ENV POSTGRES_DB "test"
 ENV POSTGRES_USER "augur"
diff --git a/metadata.py b/metadata.py
index e316ece715..ebca442ccd 100644
--- a/metadata.py
+++ b/metadata.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 __short_description__ = "Python 3 package for free/libre and open-source software community metrics, models & data collection"
 
-__version__ = "0.52.0"
-__release__ = "v0.52.0 (I am Supposed to be Writing a Grant)"
+__version__ = "0.53.0"
+__release__ = "v0.53.0 (Shamrock Shake)"
 
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __copyright__ = "University of Missouri, University of Nebraska-Omaha, CHAOSS, Brian Warner & Augurlabs 2023"