diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 36dce7a..4133029 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
+2.5.3 - 2016-02-11
+------------------
+
+- **Bug** Actually parse ``output_file`` and ``enable_extensions`` from config
+  files
+
 2.5.2 - 2016-01-30
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/flake8/__init__.py b/flake8/__init__.py
index 3bfa1a6..2d51750 100644
--- a/flake8/__init__.py
+++ b/flake8/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.5.2'
+__version__ = '2.5.3'