diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index f3e95bf7..bc2ffdc5 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.5.2
+current_version = 1.5.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99804980..d7abd236 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# UBCpdk 1.5.2
+# UBCpdk 1.5.3
 
 [![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/gdsfactory/ubc/HEAD)
 [![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ubcpdk)](https://pypi.org/project/ubcpdk/)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ gf tool install
 
 Mamba is a faster alternative to conda, if you don't want to install mamba, you can also replace `mamba install gdspy -y` with `conda install -c conda-forge gdspy -y`
 
-If you use linux or MacOs you can install directly from pip `pip install ubcpdk` specify a specific version `pip install ubcpdk==1.5.2`
+If you use linux or MacOs you can install directly from pip `pip install ubcpdk` specify a specific version `pip install ubcpdk==1.5.3`
 and update to the latest version with `pip install ubcpdk --upgrade`
 
 I also recommend you install the gdsfactory link to klayout `gf tool install`
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bf7661e5..28bde848 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project = "ubcpdk"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 copyright = "2019, gdsfactory"
 author = "gdsfactory"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d995bc15..64457bac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def get_install_requires():
 
 setup(
     name="ubcpdk",
-    version="1.5.2",
+    version="1.5.3",
     url="https://github.com/gdsfactory/ubc",
     include_package_data=True,
     license="MIT",
diff --git a/ubcpdk/__init__.py b/ubcpdk/__init__.py
index 7dd8acae..d3665716 100644
--- a/ubcpdk/__init__.py
+++ b/ubcpdk/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 gf.asserts.version(">=5.1.2")
 lys = gf.layers.load_lyp(PATH.lyp)
-__version__ = "1.5.2"
+__version__ = "1.5.3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "CONFIG",