diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b73198d..b648797 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-09-12, Version 5.3.1
+=========================
+
+ * update strong-globalize version (Diana Lau)
+
+
 2018-07-12, Version 5.3.0
 =========================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f7b4c2..fcf45d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "loopback-connector-mysql",
-  "version": "5.3.0",
+  "version": "5.3.1",
   "description": "MySQL connector for loopback-datasource-juggler",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=6"