diff --git a/convention-plugins/src/main/kotlin/Publication.kt b/convention-plugins/src/main/kotlin/Publication.kt
index a24532b..2362d77 100644
--- a/convention-plugins/src/main/kotlin/Publication.kt
+++ b/convention-plugins/src/main/kotlin/Publication.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fun Project.rootPublicationSetup() {
 
     allprojects {
         group = "com.mohamedrejeb.calf"
-        version = System.getenv("VERSION") ?: "0.5.2"
+        version = System.getenv("VERSION") ?: "0.5.3"
     }
 
     nexusPublishing {