diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9f4fc5ee5..dc1a3fd87 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('OpenRC', 'c',
-  version : '0.51',
+  version : '0.53',
   license: 'BSD-2',
   default_options : [
     'c_std=c99',