Upgrade to Mastodon version 4.5.3

Author: mszell

content/en/blog/updates/post-20251208-mastodon-version-updated-to-453.md

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+---
+title: "Mastodon version updated to 4.5.3"
+date: "2025-12-08T18:54:00+01:00"
+description: "Mastodon version updated to 4.5.3"
+tags: [server]
+---
+
+At only 3 hours out, our server https://datasci.social just got its Mastodon version upgraded to the latest [version 4.5.3](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.3).
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+This long overdue update from version 4.4.1 also comes with [new features that were added in the 4.5.x line one month ago](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/), most notably quote posts. Enjoy!

content/en/docs/server.md

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 List of outages: [/tags/outage](/tags/outage)
 
 ### Current Mastodon version
-[`4.4.1`](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.1), since 2025-07-13
+[`4.5.3`](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.3), since 2025-12-08
 
 ## Miscellaneous