diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41f427fcb0..d96192c242 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## UNRELEASED
+## 1.5.3 (July 25, 2019)
 
 IMPROVEMENTS:
 * raft: allow trailing logs to be configured as an escape hatch for extreme load that prevents followers catching up with leader [[GH-6186](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/6186)]
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index b8471ff444..a839ca13c1 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ var (
 	//
 	// Version must conform to the format expected by github.com/hashicorp/go-version
 	// for tests to work.
-	Version = "1.5.2"
+	Version = "1.5.3"
 
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 )
 
 // GetHumanVersion composes the parts of the version in a way that's suitable
diff --git a/website/config.rb b/website/config.rb
index c1206c4865..4b3fb754d6 100644
--- a/website/config.rb
+++ b/website/config.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set :base_url, "https://www.consul.io/"
 
 activate :hashicorp do |h|
   h.name        = "consul"
-  h.version     = "1.5.2"
+  h.version     = "1.5.3"
   h.github_slug = "hashicorp/consul"
 end