diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0bfadc91..a1d7ddc1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.53.4](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/compare/v0.53.3...v0.53.4) (2026-03-26)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency requests to v2.33.0 [security] ([#4265](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/issues/4265)) ([7d9fb36](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/commit/7d9fb36587be4e4bbb8de6553acb6d1ec46ff54f))
+
 ## [0.53.3](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pgadapter/compare/v0.53.2...v0.53.3) (2026-03-16)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b4e456c0..0342c976f 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 `v0.53.3` with the version you want to download):
+You can also download a specific version of the jar. Example (replace `v0.53.4` with the version you want to download):
 ```shell
-VERSION=v0.53.3
+VERSION=v0.53.4
 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>0.53.3</version>
+  <version>0.53.4</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- [END pgadapter_dependency] -->
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9c29d76c..c7647e562 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter</artifactId>
-  <version>0.53.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:current} -->
+  <version>0.53.4</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 1eb3994c2..1c49fa49d 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>0.53.3</version>
+  <version>0.53.4</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter</artifactId>
-  <version>0.53.3</version>
+  <version>0.53.4</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- [END pgadapter_and_jdbc_dependency] -->
 ```
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 3c5eb5cf1..03c467e02 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:0.53.3:0.53.4-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-spanner-pgadapter:0.53.4:0.53.4