diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2436207d0..a6749e9e0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,63 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.53.1
+==================================
+
+* The gdbus tool gained a wait command
+
+* g_unix_signal_source_new support SIGWINCH now
+
+* There are now g_enum_to_string and g_flags_to_string functions
+
+* A new function to instantiate objects: g_objet_new_with_properties
+
+* GParameter and related APIs have been deprecated
+
+* Bug fixes
+ 447907 enum/flags from string + type transform + tests
+ 668962 GUnixMountPoint/GUnixMountEntry not usable through gobject-introspection
+ 669355 gdbus-codegen output contains stray semicolons at file scope (forbidden in C99)
+ 674885 type initialisation deadlock in GObject
+ 698064 Add g_ptr_array_contains()
+ 709865 Add boxing to GParameter
+ 725894 build: Include gettext libraries for static compilation on Mac OS X
+ 734946 Implement GContentType on OSX
+ 741229 gio: Handle NULL cached properties in NetworkManager monitor
+ 745971 gdbus-tool: Add a command to wait for a well-known name on the bus
+ 755046 gfileutils: Add precondition checks to g_file_test()
+ 761102 Increase performance for main loop
+ 761889 GDateTime: %p does not always print AM/PM string
+ 766660 Please clarify the extent to which GInitable, GAsyncInitable must be idempotent
+ 769534 g_unix_signal_source_new does not support SIGWINCH
+ 772221 Take advantage of Unicode
+ 775879 g_log_default_handler should not check G_MESSAGES_DEBUG
+ 776169 various gio-tool fixes
+ 777961 Documentation for g_app_info_equals() could be clearer
+ 778049 race in gsource detected by TSan
+ 778207 gio-querymodules: fix memory leak
+ 778287 G_MODULE_EXPORT and -fvisibility=hidden
+ 779409 Fix false positive g_warning() in remove_filter()
+ 780066 g_base64_encode_close() in glib/gbase64.c produces invalid base64 encoding
+ 780095 g_utf8_get_char_validated() stopping at nul byte even for length specified buffers
+ 780306 Unused function in gunicollate.c for CARBON
+ 780310 g_tls_database_verify_chain doesn't set the GError for failures other than cancell...
+ 780384 gio/tests/contenttype fails on OS X: "public.directory" != "public.folder"
+ 780441 Make the portal implementation of g_app_info_launch() synchronous
+ 780634 Remove remaining old codepage ABI comapt code
+ 780908 gobject: remove duplicate GType sanity check
+ 780924 Memory leak in gdbusmethodinvocation.c
+ 781125 gio-tool: Fix errors format string
+ 781234 the buffer written to by g_input_stream_read is not marked as an out parameter
+ 781298 gfileutils.c:330:3: error: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code
+
+* Translation updates
+ Catalan
+ Friulian
+ German
+ Hebrew
+ Indonesian
+ Polish
+ Russian
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.52.0
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d102b13ec..3810fc5e2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ m4_define(glib_configure_ac)
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([glib_minor_version], [53])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [0])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [1])
 m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])