diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt b/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt
index f14aed3b..47223f13 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(APP_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 set(APP_VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(APP_VERSION_PATCH 3)
+set(APP_VERSION_PATCH 4)
 set(APP_VERSION "${APP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APP_VERSION_MINOR}.${APP_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 # Include the binary directory for the generated header file
diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/metadata/release.json b/gpt4all-chat/metadata/release.json
index 08a48955..a3baba7f 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/metadata/release.json
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/metadata/release.json
@@ -582,6 +582,24 @@
 * Jared Van Bortel (Nomic AI)
 * Adam Treat (Nomic AI)
 * Community (beta testers, bug reporters, bindings authors)
+"
+  },
+  {
+    "version": "2.5.3",
+    "notes":
+"
+* Major feature update for localdocs!
+* Localdocs now uses an embedding model for retrieval augmented generation
+* Localdocs can now search while your collections are indexing
+* You're guaranteed to get hits from localdocs for every prompt you enter
+* Fix: AMD gpu fixes
+* Fix: Better error messages
+",
+    "contributors":
+"
+* Jared Van Bortel (Nomic AI)
+* Adam Treat (Nomic AI)
+* Community (beta testers, bug reporters, bindings authors)
 "
   }
 ]