diff --git a/softhddevice.cpp b/softhddevice.cpp
index c4e5cde..d20f2cb 100644
--- a/softhddevice.cpp
+++ b/softhddevice.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern "C"
     /// vdr-plugin version number.
     /// Makefile extracts the version number for generating the file name
     /// for the distribution archive.
-static const char *const VERSION = "0.5.2"
+static const char *const VERSION = "0.5.3"
 #ifdef GIT_REV
     "-GIT" GIT_REV
 #endif