diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index fa6c7ff..0307152 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14285078
 license:
   - gpl-3.0-or-later
 type: software
-version: 1.5.2
+version: 1.5.3
 date-released: "2024-12-12"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69636c4..1a85043 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "em27-retrieval-pipeline"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 description = "automated EM27 data processing"
 authors = [
     { name = "Moritz Makowski", email = "moritz.makowski@tum.de" },