diff --git a/argus/VERSION b/argus/VERSION
index 4ea4241..1812417 100644
--- a/argus/VERSION
+++ b/argus/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## deployable containers have a semantic and build tag
 # semantic version tag: major.minor
 # build version tag: timestamp
-VER=1.0.5
+VER=1.0.6
 TAGS="${VER} ${VER}-$(date -u +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")"
 unset VER
diff --git a/bifrost/VERSION b/bifrost/VERSION
index 317ad47..d9c10af 100644
--- a/bifrost/VERSION
+++ b/bifrost/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## deployable containers have a semantic and build tag
 # semantic version tag: major.minor
 # build version tag: timestamp
-VER=0.5.2
+VER=0.5.3
 TAGS="${VER} ${VER}-$(date --utc +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")"
 unset VER