diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1bb7071..691417e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ List of Copyright holders
   Copyright (C) 1992-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   Copyright (C) 1994 X Consortium
   Copyright (C) 2000 Werner Koch (dd9jn)
-  Copyright (C) 2001-2018 g10 Code GmbH
+  Copyright (C) 2001-2019 g10 Code GmbH
   Copyright (C) 2004 Simon Josefsson
 
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a52fe0e..de18f15 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 2.5.3 (unreleased) [C8/A8/R_]
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.5.3 (2019-02-11) [C8/A8/R3]
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+ * Add a timeout for writing to a SOCKS5 proxy.  This helps if another
+   service is running on the standard tor socket (e.g. Windows 10).
+   [#3381]
+
+ * Add workaround for a problem with LD_LIBRARY_PATH on newer systems.
+   [#4298]
+
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4361
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 2.5.2 (2018-12-13) [C8/A8/R2]
 ------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 53a4ac6..f369e6b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ AC_INIT([mym4_package],[mym4_version], [https://bugs.gnupg.org])
 #
 LIBASSUAN_LT_CURRENT=8
 LIBASSUAN_LT_AGE=8
-LIBASSUAN_LT_REVISION=2
+LIBASSUAN_LT_REVISION=3
 
 # If the API is changed in an incompatible way: increment the next counter.
 LIBASSUAN_CONFIG_API_VERSION=2
diff --git a/src/assuan.h.in b/src/assuan.h.in
index 4e04a9b..65d3b48 100644
--- a/src/assuan.h.in
+++ b/src/assuan.h.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* assuan.h - Definitions for the Assuan IPC library             -*- c -*-
  * Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2017 g10 Code GmbH
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2019 g10 Code GmbH
  *
  * This file is part of Assuan.
  *
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  *
  * @configure_input@
  */
diff --git a/src/sysutils.c b/src/sysutils.c
index 9090128..b3679d7 100644
--- a/src/sysutils.c
+++ b/src/sysutils.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ _assuan_sysutils_blurb (void)
     "\n\n"
     "This is Libassuan " PACKAGE_VERSION " - The GnuPG IPC Library\n"
     "Copyright 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n"
-    "Copyright 2001-2018 g10 Code GmbH\n"
+    "Copyright 2001-2019 g10 Code GmbH\n"
     "\n"
     "SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later\n"
     "(" BUILD_REVISION " " BUILD_TIMESTAMP ")\n"
diff --git a/src/versioninfo.rc.in b/src/versioninfo.rc.in
index 5af9a86..8df9073 100644
--- a/src/versioninfo.rc.in
+++ b/src/versioninfo.rc.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Assuan - GnuPG IPC\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion", "@LIBASSUAN_LT_CURRENT@.@LIBASSUAN_LT_AGE@.@LIBASSUAN_LT_REVISION@.@BUILD_REVISION@\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "libassuan\0"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2001-2018 g10 Code GmbH\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2001-2019 g10 Code GmbH\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "libassuan.dll\0"
             VALUE "PrivateBuild", "\0"