diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff8c227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+* 0.5.3
+	- Upgrade RLP to 3.0.0 (eliminates really annoying cytoolz warning on stdout)
+---
+
+changelog before 0.5.3 will be written later, sorry
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c082677..9522511 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cryptography==3.2.1
 pysha3==1.0.2
-rlp==2.0.1
+#rlp==2.0.1
+rlp==3.0.0
 json-rpc==1.13.0
 confini~=0.5.1
 coincurve==15.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a82afe..6ca3ce9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ f.close()
 
 setup(
         name="funga-eth",
-        version="0.5.2",
+        version="0.5.3",
         description="Ethereum implementation of the funga keystore and signer",
         author="Louis Holbrook",
         author_email="dev@holbrook.no",