diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1487e382e307575410bf94e1b53a7ba4b9414c18..d7e3e2a9a91a8659b9f9aa335773db2a2c80ba9e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ set( CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(VERSION_PATCH 3)
 
 if(VERSION_SUFFIX)
     set(VERSION_FULL "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/Docker/README.md b/Docker/README.md
index e9cde32d63501d7a4446e0a505cb2289fa3bbc96..69e4ae565afb25c035d393307814adcf96da704f 100644
--- a/Docker/README.md
+++ b/Docker/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ cd eos/Docker
 docker build . -t eosio/eos
 ```
 
-The above will build off the most recent commit to the master branch by default. If you would like to target a specific branch/tag, you may use a build argument. For example, if you wished to generate a docker image based off of the v1.5.2 tag, you could do the following:
+The above will build off the most recent commit to the master branch by default. If you would like to target a specific branch/tag, you may use a build argument. For example, if you wished to generate a docker image based off of the v1.5.3 tag, you could do the following:
 
 ```bash
-docker build -t eosio/eos:v1.5.2 --build-arg branch=v1.5.2 .
+docker build -t eosio/eos:v1.5.3 --build-arg branch=v1.5.3 .
 ```
 
 By default, the symbol in eosio.system is set to SYS. You can override this using the symbol argument while building the docker image.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3eb32ac249ce12f90633f4f8d836285e089cc19..0dba7424f9ca82b33116891160d1531f2fd989d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ $ brew remove eosio
 ```
 #### Ubuntu 18.04 Debian Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.2/eosio_1.5.2-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
-$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.2-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.3/eosio_1.5.3-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
+$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.3-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
 ```
 #### Ubuntu 16.04 Debian Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.2/eosio_1.5.2-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
-$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.2-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.3/eosio_1.5.3-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
+$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.3-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
 ```
 #### Debian Package Uninstall
 ```sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ $ sudo apt remove eosio
 ```
 #### Centos RPM Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.2/eosio-1.5.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
-$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.3/eosio-1.5.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 #### Centos RPM Package Uninstall
 ```sh
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ $ sudo yum remove eosio.cdt
 ```
 #### Fedora RPM Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.2/eosio-1.5.2-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm
-$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.2-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.3/eosio-1.5.3-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm
+$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.3-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 #### Fedora RPM Package Uninstall
 ```sh