diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a15e7a69c76..5277ee59e9f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+### Fixed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+## [2.53.0] - 2025-01-24
+
+### Changed
+
 - Updated ExtData so that if files are missing in a sequence the last value will be perisisted if one has not chosen `exact` option
 - Update `components.yaml`
   - `ESMA_env` v4.34.1
@@ -20,10 +30,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Changes were made to add attributes to the subgrids (i.e. created by dividing the MPI subdomain into smaller subdomains equal to the number of OpenMP threads) such that the correct dimensions for the MPI subdomain could be retrieved from the subgrids where ever needed.
 
-### Removed
-
-### Deprecated
-
 ## [2.52.0] - 2025-01-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 83113960be62..4e8f157d3579 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (
   MAPL
-  VERSION 2.52.0
+  VERSION 2.53.0
   LANGUAGES Fortran CXX C)  # Note - CXX is required for ESMF
 
 # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui