diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 1ba936fe..40f18010 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.52
+0.9.53
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd2f3bfb..eeff14cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## PVC Changelog
 
+###### [v0.9.53](https://github.com/parallelvirtualcluster/pvc/releases/tag/v0.9.53)
+
+  * [API] Fixes sort order of VM list (for real this time)
+
 ###### [v0.9.52](https://github.com/parallelvirtualcluster/pvc/releases/tag/v0.9.52)
 
   * [CLI] Fixes a bug with vm modify not requiring a cluster
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
index b9dedb93..6f050971 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import yaml
 from distutils.util import strtobool as dustrtobool
 
 # Daemon version
-version = "0.9.52"
+version = "0.9.53"
 
 # API version
 API_VERSION = 1.0
diff --git a/client-cli/setup.py b/client-cli/setup.py
index 08836748..e1840804 100644
--- a/client-cli/setup.py
+++ b/client-cli/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="pvc",
-    version="0.9.52",
+    version="0.9.53",
     packages=["pvc", "pvc.cli_lib"],
     install_requires=[
         "Click",
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9b068866..d3118a54 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pvc (0.9.53-0) unstable; urgency=high
+
+  * [API] Fixes sort order of VM list (for real this time)
+
+ -- Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>  Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:47:11 -0400
+
 pvc (0.9.52-0) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * [CLI] Fixes a bug with vm modify not requiring a cluster
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
index 2d50bb30..26a23c6e 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import re
 import json
 
 # Daemon version
-version = "0.9.52"
+version = "0.9.53"
 
 
 ##########################################################