diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
index 0340ae574..e0a9e493f 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.3a"
-#define SVN_REVISION "Revision 4942"
+#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.3b"
+#define SVN_REVISION "Revision 4971"
 
 namespace RsUtil {
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/util/rsversion.h b/retroshare-gui/src/util/rsversion.h
index 6b229215a..1683e3502 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/util/rsversion.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/util/rsversion.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  ****************************************************************/
 
 
-#define GUI_VERSION "0.5.3a"
+#define GUI_VERSION "0.5.3b"
 
 #define GUI_REVISION "Revision: "