diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1d7cfb722..29d402e58 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
-project_version=1.5.1
+project_version=1.5.3
 
 java_version=17
 kotlin_version=1.9.23
diff --git a/plugins/radar-android-empatica/gradle.skip b/plugins/radar-android-empatica/gradle.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb