0.9.53 pre-release prep

Author: simonsdave

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Format of this file follows [these](http://keepachangelog.com/) guidelines.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [%RELEASE_VERSION%] - [%RELEASE_DATE%]
+## [0.9.53] - [2021-03-03]
 
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