diff --git a/.github/workflows/slack-pr-reminder.yml b/.github/workflows/slack-pr-reminder.yml
index 55123816851..c981b01e7e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slack-pr-reminder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slack-pr-reminder.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo' # Notify only in core repo, not in forks - it would just fail in fork
     steps:
       - name: Notify reviewers in Slack
-        uses: DefectDojo-Inc/notify-pr-reviewers-action@be26734e06338b41be6e70ce96027a51aa9ba9c6 # master
+        uses: DefectDojo-Inc/notify-pr-reviewers-action@master # Do not use a specific version to always get the latest updates
         with:
           owner: "DefectDojo"
           repository: "django-DefectDojo"
diff --git a/components/package.json b/components/package.json
index 9b3c0a01c58..07c351cf814 100644
--- a/components/package.json
+++ b/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "defectdojo",
-  "version": "2.52.0-dev",
+  "version": "2.53.0-dev",
   "license" : "BSD-3-Clause",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/docs/content/en/open_source/upgrading/2.53.md b/docs/content/en/open_source/upgrading/2.53.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7eafce4e660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/en/open_source/upgrading/2.53.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: 'Upgrading to DefectDojo Version 2.53.x'
+toc_hide: true
+weight: -20251103
+description: No special instructions.
+---
+There are no special instructions for upgrading to 2.53.x. Check the [Release Notes](https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/releases/tag/2.53.0) for the contents of the release.
diff --git a/dojo/__init__.py b/dojo/__init__.py
index 0a21544849b..75c2142e9d9 100644
--- a/dojo/__init__.py
+++ b/dojo/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
 from .celery import app as celery_app  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = "2.52.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.53.0-dev"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo"
 __docs__ = "https://documentation.defectdojo.com"
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
index d7b18755fe9..f38e5988843 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: "2.52.0-dev"
+appVersion: "2.53.0-dev"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes to install DefectDojo
 name: defectdojo
-version: 1.8.0-dev
+version: 1.8.1-dev
 icon: https://defectdojo.com/hubfs/DefectDojo_favicon.png
 maintainers:
   - name: madchap
@@ -34,14 +34,4 @@ dependencies:
 #     description: Critical bug
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/prerelease: "true"
-  artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: changed
-      description: DRY cloudsql-proxy
-    - kind: changed
-      description: Each component allow to specific image + allow digest pinning + allow different tags for Django and Nginx
-    - kind: added
-      description: Convert existing comments to descriptors
-    - kind: added
-      description: Testing on the oldest officially supported k8s
-    - kind: added
-      description: Checker for maximal number of celery beats
+  artifacthub.io/changes: ""
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/README.md b/helm/defectdojo/README.md
index 56e713001f1..7fd44828e41 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/README.md
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/README.md
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ kubectl delete pvc data-defectdojo-redis-0 data-defectdojo-postgresql-0
 
 # General information about chart values
 
-![Version: 1.8.0-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.8.0--dev-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.52.0-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.52.0--dev-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.8.1-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.8.1--dev-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.53.0-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.53.0--dev-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for Kubernetes to install DefectDojo