diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a229d157..27feb2f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # sqlite3-ruby Changelog
 
+## 1.5.3 / 2022-10-11
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fixed installation of the "ruby" platform gem when building from source on Fedora. In v1.5.0..v1.5.2, installation failed on some systems due to the behavior of Fedora's pkg-config implementation. [#355]
+
+
 ## 1.5.2 / 2022-10-01
 
 ### Packaging
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
index 3fab979a..7d6182ff 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module SQLite3
 
-  VERSION = "1.5.2"
+  VERSION = "1.5.3"
 
   module VersionProxy
     MAJOR = 1
     MINOR = 5
-    TINY  = 2
+    TINY  = 3
     BUILD = nil
 
     STRING = [ MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, BUILD ].compact.join( "." )