diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 684bdbed9..4530ee990 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.2.1"
+  ".": "5.3.0-rc.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 829f09598..3ce942791 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [5.3.0-rc.0](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/compare/5.2.1...5.3.0-rc.0) (2025-03-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* setup event stream connection via web socket and display events ([01e1adb](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/commit/01e1adb827c5bb84599bd6d53d3f26dc53148638))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 5.3.0-rc.0 ([da9c183](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/commit/da9c183bc021f805b59d4ce0e3f13e04b4190f70))
+
 ## [5.2.1](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/compare/5.2.0-rc.0...5.2.1) (2025-03-15)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2353966e8..103d153d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@squonk/data-manager-ui",
   "author": "Oliver Dudgeon",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "5.2.1",
+  "version": "5.3.0-rc.0",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",