diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0bdb0b..f2ff0c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
-set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "52")
+set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "53")
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 else(MSVC)
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif(MSVC)
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 66.0.0 SOVERSION 66)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 67.0.0 SOVERSION 67)
 target_link_libraries(poppler LINK_PRIVATE ${poppler_LIBS})
 install(TARGETS poppler RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX} ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cf7de77..1cf43ce 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Release 0.53.0
+        core:
+         * Form support improvements
+         * SplashOutputDev: Fix memory leak when rendering images with colormap and matte color
+         * Minor fix in GlobalParams documentation
+
+        qt5:
+         * Expose form calculate order
+         * Expose Form additional actions
+
+        utils:
+         * pdfimages: support 16bpc png and tiff images. Bug #99988
+         * pdftohtml: fix small memory leak when constructing some filenames
+         * pdfinfo: fix leak when printing JS
+
+        build sytem:
+         * Compile in C++11 mode
+
 Release 0.52.0
         core:
          * Fix assert on reading some OCGs. Bug #99768
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 19bf10d..7a233b9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
-m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[52])
+m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[53])
 m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index dca92b4..e969a62 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.52.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.53.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/poppler/Makefile.am b/poppler/Makefile.am
index de9c983..3448c1e 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	$(win32_libs)
 
 libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS =				\
-	-version-info 66:0:0			\
+	-version-info 67:0:0			\
 	@create_shared_lib@			\
 	@auto_import_flags@
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index dd51676..04a1222 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.52.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.53.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt b/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e9f2398..b39ad02 100644
--- a/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qt5/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   ArthurOutputDev.cc
 )
 add_library(poppler-qt5 SHARED ${poppler_qt5_SRCS})
-set_target_properties(poppler-qt5 PROPERTIES VERSION 1.9.0 SOVERSION 1)
+set_target_properties(poppler-qt5 PROPERTIES VERSION 1.10.0 SOVERSION 1)
 target_link_libraries(poppler-qt5 poppler ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Gui_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5Xml_LIBRARIES})
 if(MSVC)
 target_link_libraries(poppler-qt5 poppler ${poppler_LIBS})
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 7e50fff..0b4e3e5 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.52.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.53.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Makefile.am b/qt5/src/Makefile.am
index f3700ae..2a9fe8b 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/qt5/src/Makefile.am
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 	$(POPPLER_QT5_LIBS)
 
 libpoppler_qt5_la_LDFLAGS =			\
-	-version-info 10:0:9			\
+	-version-info 11:0:10			\
 	@create_shared_lib@			\
 	@auto_import_flags@