news.texi          | 8 ++++++++
 pygost/__init__.py | 2 +-

diff --git a/news.texi b/news.texi
index 8e8137546a4e5762126866d709c849528bd738c1e7f1068fa8b5b2ac180d152f..23d369cf031ea06070743486646ffb8dbc1cb025ebabfe82eb3af3a32737350c 100644
--- a/news.texi
+++ b/news.texi
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ @unnumbered News
 
 @table @strong
 
+@anchor{Release 5.3}
+@item 5.3
+    @itemize
+    @item More than 4 times speed increase of @code{gost34112012}.
+    @item @command{asn1schemas/cert-selfsigned-example.py} optionally
+        can issue CA signed child certificate.
+    @end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 5.2}
 @item 5.2
     @itemize
diff --git a/pygost/__init__.py b/pygost/__init__.py
index 54300d580d78a8c50c047844dbb05ab47a13c5bf02eb2a6e71e4c22d5ae00f7a..c1e43a5fe7109eb25b761cc0ff3b7a1067497b401c696107557bf668c14dd56e 100644
--- a/pygost/__init__.py
+++ b/pygost/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 PyGOST is free software: see the file COPYING for copying conditions.
 """
 
-__version__ = "5.2"
+__version__ = "5.3"