diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ac244a..9cf0a77 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gxi"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "cairo-rs 0.5.0 (git+https://github.com/gtk-rs/cairo)",
  "cairo-sys-rs 0.7.0 (git+https://github.com/gtk-rs/cairo)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5e90866..1418007 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gxi"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>", "Brian Vincent <brainn@gmail.com>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/Cogitri/gxi"
 description = "GTK frontend, written in Rust, for the xi editor"
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 4145720..3f48a66 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+## Changes in v0.5.3
+
+### Feature changes
+
+ - (main_win): ask user if unsaved changes should be save upon closing
+ - (main): use human_panic for better panic output
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+ - (main_win): prefix params with an underscore in plugin_started
+ - (build): set plugin_dir to '/usr/local/lib/gxi/plugins' by default
+ - (main_win): set title for ask_save_dialog
+ - (edit_view): fix line numbers upon scrolling
+
 ## Changes in v0.5.2
 
 ### Feature changes
diff --git a/data/com.github.Cogitri.gxi.appdata.xml.in b/data/com.github.Cogitri.gxi.appdata.xml.in
index 4dbcd32..7b2b5a8 100644
--- a/data/com.github.Cogitri.gxi.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/com.github.Cogitri.gxi.appdata.xml.in
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 	</provides>
 
 	<releases>
+		<release version="0.5.3" date="2019-02-21">
+			<description>
+				<p> Ask user if changes should be saved upon closing. Also makes panics more readable.</p>
+			</description>
+		</release>
 		<release version="0.5.2" date="2019-02-18">
 			<description>
 				<p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9ffb59a..3a9fa87 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
   'gxi', 'rust',
-  version: '0.5.2',
+  version: '0.5.3',
   license: 'MIT',
 )