diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17d9de7d5..8d818561b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Full release notes with details on each version: [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/safishamsi/graphify/releases)
 
-## 0.9.53 (unreleased)
+## 0.9.53 (2026-08-30)
 
 - Fix: a batch of cross-language inheritance-edge corrections (thanks @Synvoya): JavaScript `class X extends Y` now emits an `inherits` edge (#1790); PHP interfaces, enums, and traits are captured as class-like nodes with their heritage (#1791); Scala `trait` declarations become class-like nodes (#1792) and qualified `extends`/`with` bases resolve to the tail type (#1794); a qualified Kotlin supertype resolves to its tail type instead of the package head (#1793); a C# interface extending an interface is classified as `inherits`, not `implements` (#1817); and a Go interface type-set constraint no longer emits a spurious `embeds` edge (#1818).
 - Feature: Robot Framework `.robot`/`.resource` files are now extracted (optional `[robot]` extra) — suites, test cases, user keywords, keyword-call edges, and resource/library imports, with case/space/underscore-insensitive keyword resolution (#3192, thanks @nshiveg).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1a172a36f..7fd891dc8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "graphifyy"
-version = "0.9.52"
+version = "0.9.53"
 description = "AI coding assistant skill (Claude Code, CodeBuddy, Codex, OpenCode, Kilo Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Aider, OpenClaw, Factory Droid, Trae, Hermes, Kiro, Pi, Devin CLI, Google Antigravity) - turn any folder of code, docs, papers, images, or videos into a queryable knowledge graph"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 992d7a649..888412e05 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "graphifyy"
-version = "0.9.52"
+version = "0.9.53"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "networkx", version = "3.4.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },