diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7ffca4810..850e1b8e9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.5.3-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.5.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0190410c2..db5bb8d16 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.0-rc1+incompatible
 	github.com/gardener/component-cli v0.8.0
 	github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go v0.0.31
-	github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis v0.5.3
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.3.0
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.3.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.4
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 9b9851ac0..06b0a6095 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/codec
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/ctf
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/oci
 github.com/gardener/component-spec/bindings-go/utils/selector
-# github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 => ./apis
+# github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis v0.5.3 => ./apis
 github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis/config
 github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis/config/install
 github.com/gardener/landscaper/apis/config/v1alpha1