diff --git a/include/beast/version.hpp b/include/beast/version.hpp
index e66860b8..8e22885e 100644
--- a/include/beast/version.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/version.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     This is a simple integer that is incremented by one every time
     a set of code changes is merged to the master or develop branch.
 */
-#define BEAST_VERSION 52
+#define BEAST_VERSION 53
 
 #define BEAST_VERSION_STRING "Beast/" BOOST_STRINGIZE(BEAST_VERSION)