diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f700a22461..d8d5258487 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2023-04-01 - V5.3.1
+ * Bug fixes for some special scenarios:
+   * Fix issue #4010.
+   * textord: Catch empty rows in block iterator (fixes #4039).
+   * Fix FP division by zero (issue #3995).
+ * Improve documentation and log messages.
+ * Build fixes and improvements (mainly for cmake).
+
 2022-12-22 - V5.3.0
  * Minor updates for documentation and cmake builds.
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 03f488b076..c7cb1311a6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.3.0
+5.3.1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index db88f0b3a3..efbb2b7c2f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects nostdinc])
 
 # Define date of package, etc. Could be useful in auto-generated
 # documentation.
-PACKAGE_YEAR=2022
-PACKAGE_DATE="12/22"
+PACKAGE_YEAR=2023
+PACKAGE_DATE="04/01"
 
 abs_top_srcdir=`AS_DIRNAME([$0])`