diff --git a/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes.md b/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes.md
index 0b5c9b04..e31791be 100644
--- a/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Here are listed the release notes for each version of the Marten web framework.
 
 ## Marten 0.5
 
+* [Marten 0.5.3 release notes](./release-notes/0.5.3.md) _(under development)_
 * [Marten 0.5.2 release notes](./release-notes/0.5.2.md)
 * [Marten 0.5.1 release notes](./release-notes/0.5.1.md)
 * [Marten 0.5 release notes](./release-notes/0.5.md)
diff --git a/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5.3.md b/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5.3.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54edefc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docs/the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+title: Marten 0.5.3 release notes
+pagination_prev: null
+pagination_next: null
+---
+
+_Under development._
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* Fix query prefetcher not systematically using unscoped queries when prefetching relation records.
diff --git a/docs/sidebars.js b/docs/sidebars.js
index 7378d4d5..d832d145 100644
--- a/docs/sidebars.js
+++ b/docs/sidebars.js
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ module.exports = {
             'the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5',
             'the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5.1',
             'the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5.2',
+            'the-marten-project/release-notes/0.5.3',
             'the-marten-project/release-notes/0.6',
           ],
         },