From 80de081af0a459622e4f117377a760c660acf41a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 08:45:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] devel release

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
 Changes        | 8 ++++++++
 configure.ac   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5334a30d0..2d356722a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # Use MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY to select the runtime
 project(
     Verilator
-    VERSION 5.052
+    VERSION 5.053
     HOMEPAGE_URL https://verilator.org
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index ea6b62a26..ebc58879b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ The changes in each Verilator version are described below.  The
 contributors that suggested or implemented a given issue are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 
+Verilator 5.053 devel
+==========================
+
+**Other:**
+
+* TBD
+
+
 Verilator 5.052 2026-09-05
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6df093c99..164d5b304 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Then 'make maintainer-dist'
 #AC_INIT([Verilator],[#.### YYYY-MM-DD])
 #AC_INIT([Verilator],[#.### devel])
-AC_INIT([Verilator],[5.052 2026-09-05],
+AC_INIT([Verilator],[5.053 devel],
         [https://verilator.org],
         [verilator],[https://verilator.org])