diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0c459d5f..1ba0a18e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kinode"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm 0.10.2",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 580bc6f8..4e6ad213 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "kinode"
 authors = ["KinodeDAO"]
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A general-purpose sovereign cloud computing platform"
 homepage = "https://kinode.org"