diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 507f9fe..176e7bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # paras (2oct05) - 1.5
 # quilava (31oct05) - 1.5.1
 # rhydon (04dec05) - 1.5.2
+# squirtle (19feb05) - 1.5.3
 
 release:
 	python ./setup.py sdist --formats=zip
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0ff4d81..439571a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-paramiko 1.5.2
-"rhydon" release, 04 dec 2005
+paramiko 1.5.3
+"squirtle" release, 19 feb 2006
 
-Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Robey Pointer <robey@lag.net>
+Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Robey Pointer <robey@lag.net>
 
 http://www.lag.net/paramiko/
 
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ forward.py
     command-line script to set up port-forwarding across an ssh transport.
     (requires python 2.3.)
 
+demo_sftp.py
+    opens an sftp session and does a few simple file operations.
+
 demo_server.py
     an ssh server that listens on port 2200 and accepts a login for
     'robey' (password 'foo'), and pretends to be a BBS.  meant to be a
@@ -138,6 +141,24 @@ the best and easiest examples of how to use the SFTP class.
 
 highlights of what's new in each release:
 
+v1.5.3 SQUIRTLE
+* a few performance enhancements
+* added HostKeys, for dealing with openssh style "known_hosts" files, and
+  added support for hashed hostnames
+* added Transport.atfork() for dealing with forked children
+* added SFTPClient.truncate, SFTPFile.chmod, SFTPFile.chown, SFTPFile.utime,
+  and SFTPFile.truncate
+* improved windows demos [patch from mike looijmans], added an sftp demo, and
+  moved demos to the demos/ folder
+* fixed a few interoperability bugs
+* cleaned up logging a bit
+* fixed a bug where EOF on a Channel might not be detected by select [found
+  by thomas steinacher]
+* fixed python 2.4-ism that crept in [patch by jan hudec]
+* fixed a few reference loops that could have interacted badly with the python
+  garbage collector
+* fixed a bunch of pychecker warnings, some of which were bugs
+
 v1.5.2 RHYDON
 * compression support (opt-in via Transport.use_compression)
 * sftp files may be opened with mode flag 'x' for O_EXCL (exclusive-open)
@@ -254,7 +275,3 @@ v1.0 JIGGLYPUFF
   checking, etc, using openssh defaults or optional configuration (2ndary host
   key files, etc)
     local and remote port forwarding
-* SFTPClient.set_size
-* remove @since that predate 1.0
-* put examples in examples/ folder
-* sftp server mode should convert all paths to unicode before calling into sftp_si
diff --git a/paramiko/__init__.py b/paramiko/__init__.py
index 00045cb..13102dd 100644
--- a/paramiko/__init__.py
+++ b/paramiko/__init__.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
 
 Website: U{http://www.lag.net/paramiko/}
 
-@version: 1.5.2 (rhydon)
+@version: 1.5.3 (squirtle)
 @author: Robey Pointer
 @contact: robey@lag.net
 @license: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 2):
 
 
 __author__ = "Robey Pointer <robey@lag.net>"
-__date__ = "04 Dec 2005"
-__version__ = "1.5.2 (rhydon)"
-__version_info__ = (1, 5, 2)
+__date__ = "19 Feb 2005"
+__version__ = "1.5.3 (squirtle)"
+__version_info__ = (1, 5, 3)
 __license__ = "GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)"
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a2fe70..9779054 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ except ImportError:
     kw = {}
 
 setup(name = "paramiko",
-      version = "1.5.2",
+      version = "1.5.3",
       description = "SSH2 protocol library",
       author = "Robey Pointer",
       author_email = "robey@lag.net",
       url = "http://www.lag.net/paramiko/",
       packages = [ 'paramiko' ],
-      download_url = 'http://www.lag.net/paramiko/download/paramiko-1.5.2.zip',
+      download_url = 'http://www.lag.net/paramiko/download/paramiko-1.5.3.zip',
       license = 'LGPL',
       platforms = 'Posix; MacOS X; Windows',
       classifiers = [ 'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',