diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index ca214d83a..c8f94f0d3 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>5.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom-main.xml b/pom-main.xml
index 7f2b26851..6d77df539 100644
--- a/pom-main.xml
+++ b/pom-main.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>5.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0</version>
 		<relativePath>./pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom-versioned.xml b/pom-versioned.xml
index d9ce7bf64..47b40ea33 100644
--- a/pom-versioned.xml
+++ b/pom-versioned.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>5.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>5.3.0</version>
 		<relativePath>./pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d5e63211..a4d7d7ff8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
 	<artifactId>kryo-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>5.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>5.3.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Kryo Parent</name>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<url>https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryo</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:EsotericSoftware/kryo.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:EsotericSoftware/kryo.git</developerConnection>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<tag>kryo-parent-5.3.0</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<distributionManagement>