diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8e1943b..a90fd7ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ethers-contract"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ethers-contract-abigen",
  "ethers-contract-derive",
diff --git a/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml b/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
index 451762a6..41e0523d 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "ethers-contract"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["Georgios Konstantopoulos <me@gakonst.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Smart contract bindings for the ethers-rs crate"