diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 345fbae9..20799823 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.swisspush</groupId>
     <artifactId>redisques</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
     <name>redisques</name>
     <description>
         A highly scalable redis-persistent queuing system for vertx