diff --git a/gtk/configure.ac b/gtk/configure.ac
index 5b3014c9..d92f551e 100644
--- a/gtk/configure.ac
+++ b/gtk/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([snes9x-gtk], 1.52)
+AC_INIT([snes9x-gtk], 1.53)
 dnl Set CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS to something 
 dnl before doing AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX to avoid default -g
 CFLAGS="-Os -Wall -W -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -pipe $CFLAGS"
diff --git a/gtk/src/gtk_s9x.h b/gtk/src/gtk_s9x.h
index 9d312bf1..0840d271 100644
--- a/gtk/src/gtk_s9x.h
+++ b/gtk/src/gtk_s9x.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 #define bind_textdomain_codeset(Domain,Codeset) (Codeset)
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
 
-#define SNES9X_GTK_AUTHORS "(c) 2007 - 2010 Brandon Wright (bearoso@gmail.com)"
-#define SNES9X_GTK_VERSION "81"
+#define SNES9X_GTK_AUTHORS "(c) 2007 - 2011 Brandon Wright (bearoso@gmail.com)"
+#define SNES9X_GTK_VERSION "82"
 
 extern Snes9xWindow *top_level;
 extern Snes9xConfig *gui_config;