diff --git a/imutils/__init__.py b/imutils/__init__.py
index 613f86b..3da0b0f 100755
--- a/imutils/__init__.py
+++ b/imutils/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # website:	http://www.pyimagesearch.com
 
 # set the version number
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"
 
 # import the necessary packages
 from .convenience import translate
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f7f958..543ce72 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup(
     name='imutils',
     packages=['imutils', 'imutils.video', 'imutils.io', 'imutils.feature', 'imutils.face_utils'],
-    version='0.5.2',
+    version='0.5.3',
     description='A series of convenience functions to make basic image processing functions such as translation, rotation, resizing, skeletonization, displaying Matplotlib images, sorting contours, detecting edges, and much more easier with OpenCV and both Python 2.7 and Python 3.',
     author='Adrian Rosebrock',
     author_email='adrian@pyimagesearch.com',