diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f20d168bcac..6f9c08acdc4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mongodb (1.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * sharding lots of changes, see http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER/fixforversion/10157
+
+ -- Richard Kreuter <richard@10gen.com>  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:56:28 -0500
+
 mongodb (1.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * sharding lots of changes, see http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER/fixforversion/10143
diff --git a/doxygenConfig b/doxygenConfig
index 4cd774abbc6..a483af544af 100644
--- a/doxygenConfig
+++ b/doxygenConfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = MongoDB
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.5.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.5.3
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = docs
 CREATE_SUBDIRS         = NO
 OUTPUT_LANGUAGE        = English
diff --git a/rpm/mongo.spec b/rpm/mongo.spec
index cb0046a294b..fda3f711e79 100644
--- a/rpm/mongo.spec
+++ b/rpm/mongo.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: mongo
-Version: 1.5.2
+Version: 1.5.3
 Release: mongodb_1%{?dist}
 Summary: mongo client shell and tools
 License: AGPL 3.0
diff --git a/util/version.cpp b/util/version.cpp
index de2c602d52f..89355819aed 100644
--- a/util/version.cpp
+++ b/util/version.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace mongo {
     // mongo processes version support
     //
 
-    const char versionString[] = "1.5.3-pre-";
+    const char versionString[] = "1.5.3";
 
     string mongodVersion() {
         stringstream ss;