diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7e49f17b77585f5d1aa89952d0d4672b3b747334..79bc88d8588058310ed1bf2d676a86ecb5036773 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-0.53.1 
+0.53.1 - Wednesday 2 March 2011
 
 - -lcrypt needs to be before object files for static linking
 
+- Compile fix when both client and agent forwarding are disabled
+
+- Fix DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET mode
+
+- Don't allow setting zlib memLevel since it seems buggy
+
 0.53 - Thurs 24 February 2011
 
 - Various performance/memory use improvements
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2670f2913118c15729331e73b1452f234291949d..4c14a97d67456af8e585302cff7c3e4fd90ff7c7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+dropbear (0.53.1-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:54:00 +0900
+
 dropbear (0.53-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/sysoptions.h b/sysoptions.h
index ce2c0456b3673595467c36ce9d022dbf8df899d6..264f0fd356add1e750d7bed32df5265a64ce9d5a 100644
--- a/sysoptions.h
+++ b/sysoptions.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *******************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef DROPBEAR_VERSION
-#define DROPBEAR_VERSION "0.53"
+#define DROPBEAR_VERSION "0.53.1"
 #endif
 
 #define LOCAL_IDENT "SSH-2.0-dropbear_" DROPBEAR_VERSION