Release v1.53.0 (#3781)

Author: buf-release-bot[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [v1.53.0] - 2025-04-21
 
 - Fix buf breaking annotations for JSON format.
 
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ buf check breaking proto --against .git#branch=master,subdir=proto
 
 Initial beta release.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.52.1...HEAD
+[v1.53.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.52.1...v1.53.0
 [v1.52.1]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.52.0...v1.52.1
 [v1.52.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.51.0...v1.52.0
 [v1.51.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.50.1...v1.51.0

private/buf/bufcli/bufcli.go

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package bufcli
 
 // Version is the CLI version of buf.
-const Version = "1.52.2-dev"
+const Version = "1.53.0"