diff --git a/SQLite3-shields.io-badge.json b/SQLite3-shields.io-badge.json
index a15040d..da75460 100644
--- a/SQLite3-shields.io-badge.json
+++ b/SQLite3-shields.io-badge.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "label": "SQLite",
-  "message": "3.51.3",
+  "message": "3.53.0",
   "color": "blue",
   "namedLogo": "sqlite"
 }
diff --git a/VERSION_SQLite3.txt b/VERSION_SQLite3.txt
index c7a5259..4044ef1 100644
--- a/VERSION_SQLite3.txt
+++ b/VERSION_SQLite3.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION_SQLITE3='3.51.3 2026-03-13 10:38:09 737ae4a34738ffa0c3ff7f9bb18df914dd1cad163f28fd6b6e114a344fe6d618 (64-bit)'
-VERSION_OS='3.23.3'
+VERSION_SQLITE3='3.53.0 2026-04-09 11:41:38 4525003a53a7fc63ca75c59b22c79608659ca12f0131f52c18637f829977f20b (64-bit)'
+VERSION_OS='3.23.4'