diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73fc0d5..cf66402 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /requests-2.4.3.tar.gz
 /requests-2.5.0.tar.gz
 /requests-2.5.1.tar.gz
+/requests-2.5.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index dc9b2ae..6748af7 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-requests
-Version:        2.5.1
+Version:        2.5.3
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings
 
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 26 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 2.5.3-1
+- new version
+
 * Wed Feb 18 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-1
 - new version
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ca799f6..916e91d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c270eb5551a02e8ab7a4cbb83e22af2e  requests-2.5.1.tar.gz
+23bf4fcc89ea8d353eb5353bb4a475b1  requests-2.5.3.tar.gz