diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index be1559c5..5dcfaf4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Google.Cloud Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v1.5.3
+======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- updated README to match required format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/google.cloud/pull/682).
+
 v1.5.2
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index c19023c8..c93d52a5 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -135,3 +135,10 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - 677-get-project-disks.yaml
     release_date: '2025-04-18'
+  1.5.3:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - updated README to match required format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/google.cloud/pull/682).
+    fragments:
+    - 682-update-readme.yaml
+    release_date: '2025-04-30'
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index cb68bdaa..fd0d4fb5 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace: google
 name: cloud
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 1.5.2
+version: 1.5.3
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md