diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b289cb76..63a8679f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## 0.5.3 (October 10th, 2021)
+
+### Added
+
+* Support `dialect+driver` for default database drivers like `postgresql+asyncpg` (#396)
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Documentation of low-level transaction (#390)
+
 ## 0.5.2 (September 10th, 2021)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/databases/__init__.py b/databases/__init__.py
index 0297c536..1e8ef323 100644
--- a/databases/__init__.py
+++ b/databases/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from databases.core import Database, DatabaseURL
 
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"
 __all__ = ["Database", "DatabaseURL"]