diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f8583251456..45d0d0be93e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "zenml"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 packages = [
     { include = "zenml", from = "src" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/zenml/VERSION b/src/zenml/VERSION
index 2411653a500..c52db980404 100644
--- a/src/zenml/VERSION
+++ b/src/zenml/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.2
\ No newline at end of file
+0.5.3
\ No newline at end of file