diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index ae191d0d6..2dad12e5d 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Business Source License 1.1
 Parameters
 
 Licensor:             Lightbend, Inc.
-Licensed Work:        Akka gRPC 2.5.2
+Licensed Work:        Akka gRPC 2.5.3
                       This license applies to all sub directories and files
                       UNLESS another license file is present in a sub
                       directory, then that other license applies to all files
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Additional Use Grant:
     Connecting to a Play Framework websocket and/or Play Framework
     request/response bodies for server and play-ws client.
 
-Change Date:          2028-01-30
+Change Date:          2028-01-31
 
 Change License:       Apache License, Version 2.0
 
diff --git a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt
index ad0744796..fe2831f3a 100644
--- a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.13.15"
 
 lazy val akkaVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.version", "2.10.0")
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.5.2")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.5.3")
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
 // GraalVM native image build
diff --git a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 1837b3949..20f4be068 100644
--- a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.5.2")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.5.3")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % akkaGrpcVersion)
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-native-image" % "0.3.4")
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle
index ab8bed800..98e39ab15 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'application'
-  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.2'
+  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.3'
 }
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt
index 047e41b78..152f17b25 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.13.15"
 
 val akkaVersion = "2.10.0"
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.2")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.3")
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml
index 6cf46d8eb..583f3f417 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <akka.version>2.10.0</akka.version>
-    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.2</akka-grpc.version>
+    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.3</akka-grpc.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
     <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
   </properties>
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt
index e415df5a8..9dea42a4a 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
 addSbtPlugin(
-  "com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.2"
+  "com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.3"
 )
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle
index 231588222..b7d96761a 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'application'
-  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.2'
+  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.3'
 }
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
index f1b8ab813..36f064168 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.13.15"
 
 val akkaVersion = "2.10.0"
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.2")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.3")
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
index ff3b75bc2..a95736ed9 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <akka.version>2.10.0</akka.version>
-    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.2</akka-grpc.version>
+    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.3</akka-grpc.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
     <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
   </properties>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2</version>
+        <version>2.5.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>getClasspathFilenames</id>
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 822a335f8..ab997e980 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.2")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.3")