diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 658c2b400b..f5d6959655 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.53.0"
+  ".": "2.53.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21a618bd37..472aac3a79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/bigframes/#history
 
+## [2.53.1](https://github.com/google/bigframes/compare/v2.53.0...v2.53.1) (2026-11-13)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* mention BigLake Lakehouse table names in the read_gbq docstring ([b428f83](https://github.com/google/bigframes/commit/b428f833a04acebb0246069642a05fae5393af73))
+
 ## [2.53.0](https://github.com/google/bigframes/compare/v2.52.0...v2.53.0) (2026-11-11)
 
 
diff --git a/bigframes/version.py b/bigframes/version.py
index 1cfe5c104e..2a9eb47d1b 100644
--- a/bigframes/version.py
+++ b/bigframes/version.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.53.0"
+__version__ = "2.53.1"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
-__release_date__ = "2026-11-11"
+__release_date__ = "2026-11-13"
 # {x-release-please-end}
diff --git a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
index 1cfe5c104e..2a9eb47d1b 100644
--- a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
+++ b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.53.0"
+__version__ = "2.53.1"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
-__release_date__ = "2026-11-11"
+__release_date__ = "2026-11-13"
 # {x-release-please-end}