diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 48b53098..6a2b9737 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ Starting with v1.31.6, this file will contain a record of major features and upd
 
 ## Upcoming
 - Autoformatter for gremlin queries
-- Support group matching for multi-label vertices in Gremlin visualization ([Link to Issue](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/issues/746))
+
+## Release 5.3.0 (Aug 03, 2026) 
+- Support group matching for multi-label vertices in Gremlin visualization ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/776))
+- Prettify JSON outputs ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/783))
+- Update NeptuneML notebooks ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/784))
+- Stability improvements
 
 ## Release 5.2.0 (Mar 11, 2026)
 - Added %degreeDistribution magic command ([PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/749)) 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bb181c8..b82363c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ python3 -m build .
 
 You should now be able to find the built distribution at
 
-`./dist/graph_notebook-5.2.0-py3-none-any.whl`
+`./dist/graph_notebook-5.3.0-py3-none-any.whl`
 
 And use it by following the [installation](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook#installation) steps, replacing
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ pip install graph-notebook
 with
 
 ``` python
-pip install ./dist/graph_notebook-5.2.0-py3-none-any.whl --force-reinstall
+pip install ./dist/graph_notebook-5.3.0-py3-none-any.whl --force-reinstall
 ```
 
 ## Contributing Guidelines
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7003aab3..9233b1b3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "graph-notebook"
-version = "5.2.0"
+version = "5.3.0"
 description = "Jupyter notebook extension to connect to graph databases"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
diff --git a/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py b/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py
index 8666523c..064ce8c6 100644
--- a/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py
+++ b/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 
-__version__ = '5.2.0'
+__version__ = '5.3.0'
diff --git a/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json b/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json
index db5e78c3..5308bfbe 100644
--- a/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json
+++ b/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "graph_notebook_widgets",
-  "version": "5.2.0",
+  "version": "5.3.0",
   "author": "amazon",
   "description": "A Custom Jupyter Library for rendering NetworkX MultiDiGraphs using vis-network",
   "dependencies": {