diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 849eec7..64956d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "remove-ai-watermarks"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 description = "Remove visible and invisible AI watermarks from images (Gemini / Nano Banana, ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
index 83c0ccc..66a7eed 100644
--- a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Remove-AI-Watermarks: Unified tool for removing visible and invisible AI watermarks."""
 
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8e973f0..f9e8e16 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remove-ai-watermarks"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },