diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
index 89a0a09a..55bd2959 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ docker_image:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
index f21cf839..98023ed4 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ docker_image:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
index 4964d3d4..d2b4cfd8 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ docker_image:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
index 923cf4d8..dc850387 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ docker_image:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
index f27b0cd6..3e7cc451 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
index 77537506..e45e440e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
index c595fdc1..69370a6e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
index 31b75a47..13aec66c 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
index 864aeb6a..e2a9fb29 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - arm64-apple-darwin20.0.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
index b7619741..e80275a0 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - arm64-apple-darwin20.0.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
index e1dfd8cb..b93777ea 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - arm64-apple-darwin20.0.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
index 46a42e16..b7f2ebb0 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cxx_compiler_version:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 macos_machine:
 - arm64-apple-darwin20.0.0
 pin_run_as_build:
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
index a43e2ad5..bb217a9f 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.10.____cpython.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cxx_compiler:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
index d8bb2d99..9a9689b6 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.11.____cpython.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cxx_compiler:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
index 096f65f3..4099a7e4 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.12.____cpython.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cxx_compiler:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
index 8f1e4ef1..0610673e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_64_python3.13.____cp313.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cxx_compiler:
 github_actions_labels:
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-4xlarge
 libgrpc:
-- '1.71'
+- '1.73'
 pin_run_as_build:
   python:
     min_pin: x.x
diff --git a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
index f2fcf855..463cbc88 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,25 @@ if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
   sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 fi
 
+if [[ "${OSX_SDK_DIR:-}" == "" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${CI:-}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Please set OSX_SDK_DIR to a directory where SDKs can be downloaded to. Aborting"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    export OSX_SDK_DIR=/opt/conda-sdks
+    /usr/bin/sudo mkdir -p "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+    /usr/bin/sudo chown "${USER}" "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+  fi
+else
+  if tmpf=$(mktemp -p "$OSX_SDK_DIR" tmp.XXXXXXXX 2>/dev/null); then
+      rm -f "$tmpf"
+      echo "OSX_SDK_DIR is writeable without sudo, continuing"
+  else
+      echo "User-provided OSX_SDK_DIR is not writeable for current user! Aborting"
+      exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 echo -e "\n\nRunning the build setup script."
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9b4f8f6..dde87c4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ About ray-air-feedstock
 
 Feedstock license: [BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/conda-forge/ray-packages-feedstock/blob/main/LICENSE.txt)
 
-Home: https://github.com/ray-project/ray
+Home: https://ray.io/
 
 Package license: Apache-2.0
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Summary: Ray is a fast and simple framework for building and running distributed
 
 Development: https://github.com/ray-project/ray
 
-Documentation: https://ray.readthedocs.io/
+Documentation: https://docs.ray.io/
 
 Ray is a fast and simple framework for building and running
 distributed applications. It is split into ray-core, ray-default,
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 316219d1..091e25a8 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [workspace]
 name = "ray-packages-feedstock"
-version = "3.53.3"  # conda-smithy version used to generate this file
+version = "3.54.1"  # conda-smithy version used to generate this file
 description = "Pixi configuration for conda-forge/ray-packages-feedstock"
 authors = ["@conda-forge/ray-packages"]
 channels = ["conda-forge"]
diff --git a/recipe/patches/0003-fake-python-3.9-with-python-3.12.patch b/recipe/patches/0003-fake-python-3.10-with-python-3.12.patch
similarity index 58%
rename from recipe/patches/0003-fake-python-3.9-with-python-3.12.patch
rename to recipe/patches/0003-fake-python-3.10-with-python-3.12.patch
index 01e4ea5f..1c0f66b0 100644
--- a/recipe/patches/0003-fake-python-3.9-with-python-3.12.patch
+++ b/recipe/patches/0003-fake-python-3.10-with-python-3.12.patch
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
-From 245f2a37850444d6248357f8091c84c0518a70a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 6335e13634c670dfb8a545fee50dfecb75f4b3d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Lonnie Liu <lonnie@anyscale.com>
 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 02:30:45 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 3/8] fake python 3.9 with python 3.12
+Subject: [PATCH 3/8] fake python 3.10 with python 3.12
 
 Signed-off-by: Lonnie Liu <lonnie@anyscale.com>
+Signed-off-by: Lonnie Liu <95255098+aslonnie@users.noreply.github.com>
 ---
  WORKSPACE | 4 +++-
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
-index ad4fe2ec26..a460922935 100644
+index bf781b5c57..47ecfb835f 100644
 --- a/WORKSPACE
 +++ b/WORKSPACE
-@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ hedron_compile_commands_setup()
- load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "python_register_toolchains")
+@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ python_register_toolchains(
+ )
  
  python_register_toolchains(
 +    # Lie about the version, so that we do not need to change the code
 +    # of the entire repo.
-     name = "python3_9",
--    python_version = "3.9",
+     name = "python3_10",
+-    python_version = "3.10",
 +    python_version = "3.12",
      register_toolchains = False,
  )
diff --git a/recipe/recipe.yaml b/recipe/recipe.yaml
index cde64647..19b63f20 100644
--- a/recipe/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipe/recipe.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 schema_version: 1
 
 context:
-  version: "2.52.1"
+  version: "2.53.0"
 
 recipe:
   name: ray-packages
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ recipe:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/ray-project/ray/archive/ray-${{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: b00b1db1028be58294e6fc7e649359f3fc0031d07e130b958c95f1e844d3a4ec
+  sha256: bb2e1393e0617b2edbdbc793718a5dbe98d5024e9f2ab06b33ecc524b02c9e0e
   patches:
     - patches/0001-Disable-making-entry-scripts.patch
     - patches/0002-Ignore-warnings-in-event.cc-and-logging.cc.patch
-    - patches/0003-fake-python-3.9-with-python-3.12.patch
+    - patches/0003-fake-python-3.10-with-python-3.12.patch
     # See https://github.com/conda-forge/ray-packages-feedstock/issues/136
     # Keep in sync with current or active migration of libgrpc to avoid
     # ABI breakage
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ outputs:
         - setproctitle >=1.2.2,<1.4
         - if: not win
           then: unzip
-        - if: win
-          then: m2-unzip
+          else: m2-unzip
         - if: build_platform != target_platform
           then: cross-python_${{ target_platform }}
       host: