diff --git a/actix-router/CHANGES.md b/actix-router/CHANGES.md
index 8aa3c8639..6305b45c3 100644
--- a/actix-router/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-router/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.5.3
+
 - Add `unicode` crate feature (on-by-default) to switch between `regex` and `regex-lite` as a trade-off between full unicode support and binary size.
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.72.
 
diff --git a/actix-router/Cargo.toml b/actix-router/Cargo.toml
index 0b02e84b9..56e4bed2f 100644
--- a/actix-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-router"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
     "Ali MJ Al-Nasrawy <alimjalnasrawy@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/actix-router/README.md b/actix-router/README.md
index 751c307b1..12d1b0146 100644
--- a/actix-router/README.md
+++ b/actix-router/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-router?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-router)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-router/badge.svg?version=0.5.2)](https://docs.rs/actix-router/0.5.2)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-router/badge.svg?version=0.5.3)](https://docs.rs/actix-router/0.5.3)
 ![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.72+-ab6000.svg)
 ![MIT or Apache 2.0 licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-router.svg)
 <br />
-[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-router/0.5.2/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-router/0.5.2)
+[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-router/0.5.3/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-router/0.5.3)
 [![Download](https://img.shields.io/crates/d/actix-router.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-router)
 [![Chat on Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/771444961383153695?label=chat&logo=discord)](https://discord.gg/NWpN5mmg3x)
 
diff --git a/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index 32fcc0609..9f3ab6e5e 100644
--- a/actix-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ actix-utils = "3"
 actix-tls = { version = "3.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 actix-http = { version = "3.7", features = ["ws"] }
-actix-router = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = ["http"] }
+actix-router = { version = "0.5.3", default-features = false, features = ["http"] }
 actix-web-codegen = { version = "4.2", optional = true }
 
 ahash = "0.8"