diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 155485d..1298e98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.5.3 / 2014-07-04
+------------------
+* bugfix: verify() should treat `hash` as a Buffer and as not a byte array, see #14
+
 0.5.2 / 2014-07-03
 ------------------
 * bugfix: `deterministicGenerateK()` now works with BigInteger instances of other `bigi` installations
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2545817..5028f41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ecdsa",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "description": "Elliptical Curve Cryptography Digital Signing",
   "keywords": [
     "cryptography",