diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 021f1fde6f..6637db5732 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.53.1](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/compare/v0.53.0...v0.53.1) (2026-02-03)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* remove session pool ([#4124](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/issues/4124)) ([a0a2cf0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/commit/a0a2cf044311d1a791365eb9c46159d622c605d1))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update github.com/googlecloudplatform/pgadapter/wrappers/golang digest to 08429cd ([#3982](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/issues/3982)) ([5678c54](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/commit/5678c54f362711084ff1e0a83a2aafc2df13b6c0))
+
 ## [0.53.0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/compare/v0.52.1...v0.53.0) (2026-01-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f795316a1..441d2b699a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ Use the `-s` option to specify a different local port than the default 5432 if y
 PostgreSQL running on your local system.
 
 <!--- {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:released} -->
-You can also download a specific version of the jar. Example (replace `v0.53.0` with the version you want to download):
+You can also download a specific version of the jar. Example (replace `v0.53.1` with the version you want to download):
 ```shell
-VERSION=v0.53.0
+VERSION=v0.53.1
 wget https://storage.googleapis.com/pgadapter-jar-releases/pgadapter-${VERSION}.tar.gz \
   && tar -xzvf pgadapter-${VERSION}.tar.gz
 java -jar pgadapter.jar -p my-project -i my-instance -d my-database
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ This option is only available for Java/JVM-based applications.
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter</artifactId>
-  <version>0.53.0</version>
+  <version>0.53.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- [END pgadapter_dependency] -->
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2f50fa63d..00373adcc6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter</artifactId>
-  <version>0.53.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:current} -->
+  <version>0.53.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner PostgreSQL Adapter</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
diff --git a/samples/java/jdbc/README.md b/samples/java/jdbc/README.md
index c21b742b23..6014815327 100644
--- a/samples/java/jdbc/README.md
+++ b/samples/java/jdbc/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ The sample application adds the following dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
   <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-  <version>0.53.0</version>
+  <version>0.53.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter</artifactId>
-  <version>0.53.0</version>
+  <version>0.53.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- [END pgadapter_and_jdbc_dependency] -->
 ```
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 0c04533201..7a0b227d95 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:0.53.0:0.53.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:0.53.1:0.53.1