diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e431edb4..10e69c46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Mindee Python Client Library Changelog
 
+## v5.3.0 - 2026-09-08
+### Changes
+* :sparkles: add RAG search API
+* :recycle: cleanup and uniformize search implementation
+
+
 ## v5.2.0 - 2026-07-20
 ### Changes
 * :sparkles: add webhook error response
diff --git a/mindee/versions.py b/mindee/versions.py
index ef29a698..b355f8a2 100644
--- a/mindee/versions.py
+++ b/mindee/versions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "5.2.0"
+__version__ = "5.3.0"
 
 PYTHON_VERSION = f"{sys.version_info[0]}.{sys.version_info[1]}"