diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a14f85964..704e6d1874 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.5.3] - 2020-06-12
+
+- No code changes, only a version compatibility release with `cortex-m-rtfm` to ease the transition
+for users.
+
 ## [v0.5.2] - 2020-06-11
 
 - Using safe `DWT` interface
@@ -313,7 +318,8 @@ Yanked due to a soundness issue in `init`; the issue has been mostly fixed in v0
 
 - Initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic/compare/v0.5.2...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic/compare/v0.5.3...HEAD
+[v0.5.3]: https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3
 [v0.5.2]: https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2
 [v0.5.1]: https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
 [v0.5.0]: https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic/compare/v0.4.3...v0.5.0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8e6129a20a..8d966d273f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "cortex-m-rtic"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/rtic-rs/cortex-m-rtic"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 
 [lib]
 name = "rtic"