diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46ee382..987f6a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@
 /CGI-4.50.tar.gz
 /CGI-4.51.tar.gz
 /CGI-4.52.tar.gz
+/CGI-4.53.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-CGI.spec b/perl-CGI.spec
index 2bd767b..f22f36f 100644
--- a/perl-CGI.spec
+++ b/perl-CGI.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 Name:           perl-CGI
 Summary:        Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses
-Version:        4.52
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        4.53
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        Artistic 2.0
 Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEEJO/CGI-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/CGI
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ Requires:       perl(Text::ParseWords)
 %global __requires_exclude %{__requires_exclude}|^perl\\(Apache)\s*$
 %global __provides_exclude_from %{?__provides_exclude_from:%__provides_exclude_from|}^%{_libexecdir}
 
-
 %description
 CGI.pm is a stable, complete and mature solution for processing and preparing
 HTTP requests and responses. Major features including processing form
@@ -96,19 +95,10 @@ chmod -c -x examples/*
 
 # Help file to recognise the Perl scripts
 for F in `find t -name *.t`; do
-    if grep -q "^#!.*perl" "$F" ; then
-        perl -MConfig -pi -e 's|^#!.*perl\b|$Config{startperl}|' "$F"
-    else
-        perl -i -MConfig -ple 'print $Config{startperl} if $. == 1' "$F"
-    fi
+    perl -i -MConfig -ple 'print $Config{startperl} if $. == 1 && !s{\A#!.*perl\b}{$Config{startperl}}' "$F"
     chmod +x "$F"
 done
 
-# Remove release tests
-rm t/compiles_pod.t t/changes.t
-perl -i -ne 'print $_ unless m{^t/compiles_pod\.t}' MANIFEST
-perl -i -ne 'print $_ unless m{^t/changes\.t}' MANIFEST
-
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor NO_PACKLIST=1 NO_PERLLOCAL=1
 %{make_build}
@@ -118,6 +108,8 @@ perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor NO_PACKLIST=1 NO_PERLLOCAL=1
 # Install tests
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_libexecdir}/%{name}
 cp -a t %{buildroot}/%{_libexecdir}/%{name}
+rm %{buildroot}/%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/t/compiles_pod.t
+rm %{buildroot}/%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/t/changes.t
 cat > %{buildroot}/%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/test << 'EOF'
 #!/bin/sh
 cd %{_libexecdir}/%{name} && exec prove -I . -j "$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"
@@ -139,6 +131,9 @@ make test
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 04 2021 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 4.53-1
+- 4.53 bump
+
 * Mon May 24 2021 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 4.52-4
 - Perl 5.34 re-rebuild of bootstrapped packages
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 866fcfb..366af1a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (CGI-4.52.tar.gz) = 370686da092e078ae67a3a960604bacf8dd726746a3fb30c4041e686fb6cea095fc68e0c972619c1eabbdfa83d3f817e17227efa924e9af04b85c4cdde3ed6b9
+SHA512 (CGI-4.53.tar.gz) = 8b037d4c3240dd87ab888245b604efb43d25e155e3e7e4068b373ef73d7dc2d6361d83819733f62a5c138003290d5195ec8cfaa1a5e8ca6356e6e9aa52813567