diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index aa8d11b4..ef21f709 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 /**
 @page changes Changes
 
+
+## 0.5.3 January 8 2017
+
+- Added `chart_axis_set_position()` option to position a category axis
+  horizontally on, or between, the axis tick marks.
+
+
 ## 0.5.2 January 7 2017
 
 - Added option to turn off chart axis: `chart_axis_off()`.
diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter.h b/include/xlsxwriter.h
index e3603e92..ca608b2a 100644
--- a/include/xlsxwriter.h
+++ b/include/xlsxwriter.h
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 #include "xlsxwriter/format.h"
 #include "xlsxwriter/utility.h"
 
-#define LXW_VERSION "0.5.2"
+#define LXW_VERSION "0.5.3"
 
 #endif /* __LXW_XLSXWRITER_H__ */
diff --git a/libxlsxwriter.podspec b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
index d09b63e6..305be9e7 100644
--- a/libxlsxwriter.podspec
+++ b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                  = "libxlsxwriter"
-  s.version               = "0.5.2"
+  s.version               = "0.5.3"
   s.summary               = "Libxlsxwriter: A C library for creating Excel XLSX files."
   s.ios.deployment_target = "6.0"
   s.osx.deployment_target = "10.8"