diff --git a/reclass/version.py b/reclass/version.py
index 90c2cb7..664fd6f 100644
--- a/reclass/version.py
+++ b/reclass/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 RECLASS_NAME = 'reclass'
 DESCRIPTION = 'merge data by recursive descent down an ancestry hierarchy (forked extended version)'
-VERSION = '1.5.2'
+VERSION = '1.5.3'
 AUTHOR = 'martin f. krafft / Andrew Pickford / salt-formulas community'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'salt-formulas@freelists.org'
 MAINTAINER = 'salt-formulas community'