diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9aae518..7cbd069 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+0.5.3 (2014-01-15)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- bug fix for unicode in Python3
+
+
 0.5.2 (2014-01-14)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/wakatime/__init__.py b/wakatime/__init__.py
index 9db131a..2823b22 100644
--- a/wakatime/__init__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
-__version__ = '0.5.2'
+__version__ = '0.5.3'
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Alan Hamlett'