diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index aed5a297..65f02831 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.3 (unreleased) [C24/A13/R_]
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.2 (2014-11-21) [C24/A13/R1]
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ffe847a..7bef516c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.11"
 # for the LT versions.
 m4_define(mym4_version_major, [1])
 m4_define(mym4_version_minor, [5])
-m4_define(mym4_version_micro, [2])
+m4_define(mym4_version_micro, [3])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the revision number, the
 # decimalized short revision number, a beta version string, and a flag
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 19b8c828..2df35b49 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ online: gpgme.html gpgme.pdf
 	echo "Uploading current manuals to www.gnupg.org ..."; \
         user=werner ; \
 	(cd gpgme.html && rsync -vr --exclude='.svn' .  \
-	  $${user}@cvs.gnupg.org:webspace/manuals/gpgme/ ); \
-        rsync -v gpgme.pdf $${user}@cvs.gnupg.org:webspace/manuals/
+	  $${user}@ftp.gnupg.org:webspace/manuals/gpgme/ ); \
+        rsync -v gpgme.pdf $${user}@ftp.gnupg.org:webspace/manuals/