diff --git a/notes/0.5.3.markdown b/notes/0.5.3.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ac013ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/0.5.3.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixes a regression in 0.5.2 involving private github
+repositories. With this release giter8 will again fallback to ssh if
+its attempt to access a repository with the git protocol fails.
diff --git a/project/build.scala b/project/build.scala
index ac4222d5..e654ba48 100644
--- a/project/build.scala
+++ b/project/build.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ object Builds extends sbt.Build {
   import sbtbuildinfo.Plugin._
   import conscript.Harness.conscriptSettings
 
-  val g8version = "0.5.2"
+  val g8version = "0.5.3"
   
   val typesafeRepo = "Typesafe repo" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/repo/"
   lazy val buildSettings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ lsSettings ++ Seq(