diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6fe56c2f5..9193c34e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-01-14  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in : post release bump
+
 2004-01-14  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
 
 	* Release 2.5.2
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 244efbcb2..5e854f152 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(control-center)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(control-center, 2.5.2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(control-center, 2.5.3)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE