diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ec16ba24..bb0e55b12 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.5.2 -->
-## [v4.5.2](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.5.2) (2019-06-12)
+<!-- latest_release 4.5.3 -->
+## [v4.5.3](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.5.3) (2019-06-12)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Apply chefstyle to codebase [#4194](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4194) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
+- Speed up inspec [#4193](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4193) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.3.2 -->
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - Add inspec-*-bin to the plugin filter list [#4018](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4018) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.3.5 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Speed up inspec [#4193](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4193) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.5.3 -->
 - Apply chefstyle to codebase [#4194](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4194) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.5.2 -->
 - Close at 400 days, with a message. [#4189](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4189) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.5.0 -->
 - Test execution changes for Rake, Travis, and Appveyor [#4102](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4102) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.4.75 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 689f7fbd3..ae6e65bd9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.5.2
\ No newline at end of file
+4.5.3
\ No newline at end of file