diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4530ee990..892ea9f9e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.3.0-rc.0"
+  ".": "5.3.0-rc.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ce942791..46dbbfb8f 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.1](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/compare/5.3.0-rc.0...5.3.0-rc.1) (2025-04-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* display realtime event messages ([0dc1a5a](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/commit/0dc1a5a20edc4e6ca63249571432b30451fee9b0))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 5.3.0-rc.1 ([672b4f3](https://github.com/InformaticsMatters/squonk2-data-manager-ui/commit/672b4f37c0c67dcc8ecac9d2c5cf0002fc7fe6e2))
+
 ## [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)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c9dfdbf1..a6054bfa5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@squonk/data-manager-ui",
   "author": "Oliver Dudgeon",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "5.3.0-rc.0",
+  "version": "5.3.0-rc.1",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",