diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 709ed528b..8f7f15cb8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 # add extra information using --with-extra="..." which may be any
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
-m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [52])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [0])
-m4_define([release_date],       [2024-01-05])
+m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [53])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [1])
+m4_define([release_date],       [2024-04-25])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE],release_date)
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index 8723cbb7a..3621dbcbe 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.52.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.53.1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-04 17:31+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-04-25 13:42+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "qemu-img info: unknown JSON parse error"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/inspect-icon.c:729
+#: lib/inspect-icon.c:730
 #, c-format
 msgid "size of %s is unreasonably large (%<PRIi64> bytes)"
 msgstr ""