diff --git a/gm8x_fix.c b/gm8x_fix.c
index f10306e..de90629 100644
--- a/gm8x_fix.c
+++ b/gm8x_fix.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
 		valid_args = false;
 	}
 	// funny title
-	puts("Welcome to gm8x_fix v0.5.2!");
+	puts("Welcome to gm8x_fix v0.5.3!");
 	puts("Source code is at https://github.com/skyfloogle/gm8x_fix under MIT license.");
 	puts("---------------------------------------------------------------------------");
 	// did the user decide to be a funnyman and disable everything
diff --git a/version.rc b/version.rc
index d490a2a..98999d4 100644
--- a/version.rc
+++ b/version.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION     0,5,2,0
-PRODUCTVERSION  0,5,2,0
+FILEVERSION     0,5,3,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  0,5,3,0
 BEGIN
   BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
   BEGIN
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
       VALUE "CompanyName", "Floogle @ https://github.com/skyfloogle"
       VALUE "FileDescription", "gm8x_fix"
-      VALUE "FileVersion", "0.5.2"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "0.5.3"
       VALUE "InternalName", "gm8x_fix"
       VALUE "LegalCopyright", ""
       VALUE "OriginalFilename", "gm8x_fix.exe"
-      VALUE "ProductName", "gm8x_fix v0.5.2"
-      VALUE "ProductVersion", "0.5.2"
+      VALUE "ProductName", "gm8x_fix v0.5.3"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "0.5.3"
     END
   END