diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41bca226..77c817bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "showdown",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "author": "John Fraser",
   "contributors": [
     "John Gruber",