diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c06b6b..8bd9645 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /python-nixio-1.4.9.tar.gz
 /nixpy-1.5.1.tar.gz
 /nixpy-1.5.2.tar.gz
+/nixpy-1.5.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-nixio.spec b/python-nixio.spec
index 9e3e131..f0ba3a2 100644
--- a/python-nixio.spec
+++ b/python-nixio.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global forgeurl    https://github.com/G-node/nixpy
 
 Name:       python-nixio
-Version:    1.5.2
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Version:    1.5.3
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    Python bindings for NIX
 
 %global     tag     %version
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ done
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 02 2022 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 1.5.3-1
+- Update to latest release
+
 * Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.2-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 75f3553..ef0608e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (nixpy-1.5.2.tar.gz) = faaf10a214b5adfcf78f69705d3f62dd7dea8dfe17c59fd7ed054f44aa7ad894b4bbc3bc19783d63c98aabe3aa4d5555ea68247538553820d81d66710a55a23a
+SHA512 (nixpy-1.5.3.tar.gz) = 1b3fd6bb638797a90a2e899d9ae3663a6a0ee3dfc5fe8c6c0806ed5ac2a34ef54771cdb1a715bf400020c6f5df7f3f348ee7129ed1e055381fa11aa5a8b6b218