diff --git a/.github/scaffold.json b/.github/scaffold.json
index adb690e..0a77bac 100644
--- a/.github/scaffold.json
+++ b/.github/scaffold.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "placeholders": {
     "BINARY": "codegraph",
     "CRATE": "codegraph-rs",
-    "CURRENT_VERSION": "0.52.2",
+    "CURRENT_VERSION": "0.53.0",
     "DEFAULT_BRANCH": "main",
     "OWNER": "sunerpy",
     "PACKAGE_NAME": "codegraph-rs",
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bfe2ddb..2ffa421 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.52.2"
+  ".": "0.53.0"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe1a0c6..39b059a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-bench"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-core"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "globset",
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-daemon"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-extract"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-graph"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-mcp"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-resolve"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-rs"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-store"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-ui"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-watch"
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc03b2d..6e0faad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.52.2"
+version = "0.53.0"
 publish = false
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md b/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md
index 5f85ca9..af43d4b 100644
--- a/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md
+++ b/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.53.0](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/compare/v0.52.2...v0.53.0) (2026-10-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **ui:** direction D design and a light theme ([#300](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/issues/300)) ([fee9ae7](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/commit/fee9ae78a78993dd677f0c0dfe643ca19e2e0aad))
+* **ui:** serve the upstream browser viewer ([#298](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/issues/298)) ([143752a](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/commit/143752aabea7b3a7e888efea6c61323dbec14101))
+
 ## [0.52.2](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/compare/v0.52.1...v0.52.2) (2026-10-01)