diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60a2bd3b..17f3e0e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [//]: # (comment: Don't forget to update lib/datadog/statsd/version.rb:DogStatsd::Statsd::VERSION when releasing a new version)
 
-## 5.3.0 / 2021.08.04
+## 5.3.0 / 2021.10.06
 
   * [ENHANCEMENT] Automatically re-allocate resources (e.g. background thread) if `dogstatsd-ruby` is used in an application using forks [#205][] by [@remeh][]
 
diff --git a/lib/datadog/statsd/version.rb b/lib/datadog/statsd/version.rb
index 05c6b2ff..8ac67395 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/statsd/version.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/statsd/version.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 module Datadog
   class Statsd
-    VERSION = '5.2.0'
+    VERSION = '5.3.0'
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/statsd/version_spec.rb b/spec/statsd/version_spec.rb
index c0b72085..e522170f 100644
--- a/spec/statsd/version_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/statsd/version_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 describe Datadog::Statsd do
   describe 'VERSION' do
     it 'has a version' do
-      expect(Datadog::Statsd::VERSION).to eq '5.2.0'
+      expect(Datadog::Statsd::VERSION).to eq '5.3.0'
     end
   end
 end