diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f33063f..970ae2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ libpst-0.6.47.tar.gz
 /libpst-0.6.49.tar.gz
 /libpst-0.6.51.tar.gz
 /libpst-0.6.52.tar.gz
+/libpst-0.6.53.tar.gz
diff --git a/libpst.spec b/libpst.spec
index 6d4aabf..db93db2 100644
--- a/libpst.spec
+++ b/libpst.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:            Utilities to convert Outlook .pst files to other formats
 Name:               libpst
-Version:            0.6.52
+Version:            0.6.53
 Release:            1%{?dist}
 License:            GPLv2+
 Group:              Applications/Productivity
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jul 10 2011 Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com> - 0.6.53-1
+- add Status: header in output
+- allow fork for parallel processing of individual email folders
+  in separate mode
+- proper handling of --with-boost-python option
+
 * Sun May 22 2011 Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com> - 0.6.52-1
 - fix dangling freed pointer in embedded rfc822 message processing
 - allow broken outlook internet header field - it sometimes contains
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f552be8..82a03af 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5e39ee9ed8a1fc0dfb32c3c46f6569c9  libpst-0.6.52.tar.gz
+e030d3128562ac189c2400dedec36b86  libpst-0.6.53.tar.gz