diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c11cf842d1..5a5b6e444f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson
 dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2013, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
-AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.5.2-alpha])
+AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.5.3-alpha])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/or/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
diff --git a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
index 7533c5ac27..01a4a58e1a 100644
--- a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
+++ b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 !insertmacro GetParameters
-!define VERSION "0.2.5.2-alpha"
+!define VERSION "0.2.5.3-alpha"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "https://www.torproject.org/"
 !define LICENSE "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index 4983b4a7b3..f96d9dff1d 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.5.2-alpha"
+#define VERSION "0.2.5.3-alpha"