diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf8e079f..b876ea1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ a dedicated team of experts are ready to assist you).
 ### Installation ###
 
 
-Just download the jar file from [here](http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/com/univocity/univocity-parsers/2.5.2/univocity-parsers-2.5.2.jar).
+Just download the jar file from [here](http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/com/univocity/univocity-parsers/2.5.3/univocity-parsers-2.5.3.jar).
 
 Or, if you use maven, simply add the following to your `pom.xml`
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Or, if you use maven, simply add the following to your `pom.xml`
 <dependency>
 	<groupId>com.univocity</groupId>
 	<artifactId>univocity-parsers</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.2</version>
+	<version>2.5.3</version>
 	<type>jar</type>
 </dependency>
 ...
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66fd0d9c..6bd52868 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.univocity</groupId>
 	<artifactId>univocity-parsers</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.3</version>
 	<name>univocity-parsers</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<description>uniVocity's open source parsers for processing different text formats using a consistent API</description>