diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 40f1f56..079c509 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== 0.5.2 / 2009-08-27
+== 0.5.3 / 2009-08-27
 
 * Minor enhancements
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cb0c939..be14282 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.2
+0.5.3
diff --git a/webrat.gemspec b/webrat.gemspec
index 4ccafc0..90eb7ac 100644
--- a/webrat.gemspec
+++ b/webrat.gemspec
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{webrat}
-  s.version = "0.5.1"
+  s.version = "0.5.3"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Bryan Helmkamp"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-08-18}
+  s.date = %q{2009-08-27}
   s.description = %q{Webrat lets you quickly write expressive and robust acceptance tests
 for a Ruby web application. It supports simulating a browser inside
 a Ruby process to avoid the performance hit and browser dependency of