diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e86e757..69d9d992 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Change Log / Release Log for openPMD-viewer
 
+## 0.5.3
+
+This is version `0.5.3` of openPMD-viewer.
+
+It corrects some of the issues with the size of boxes and widgets in the
+interactive slider. In addition, the iteration number is now read from
+the hdf5 metadata, and not the name of the file.
+
+## 0.5.2
+
+This is version `0.5.2` of openPMD-viewer.
+
+It fixes some of the installation issues associated with Cython.
+
+## 0.5.1
+
+This is version `0.5.1` of openPMD-viewer.
+
+It corrects a minor bug in the dependencies of the package.
+
 ## 0.5.0
 
 This is version `0.5.0` of openPMD-viewer.
diff --git a/conda_recipe/meta.yaml b/conda_recipe/meta.yaml
index 18a7f58f..2fbb9c65 100644
--- a/conda_recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda_recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "0.5.2" %}
+{% set version = "0.5.3" %}
 
 package:
   name: openpmd_viewer
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source:
   git_url: https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-viewer.git
 
 build:
-  script: python setup.py install 
+  script: python setup.py install
 
 requirements:
   build:
diff --git a/opmd_viewer/__version__.py b/opmd_viewer/__version__.py
index 72251527..43a1e95b 100644
--- a/opmd_viewer/__version__.py
+++ b/opmd_viewer/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"