diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d94538..4f627d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 0.5.3
+    - Adding link to ripser++ GPU version by Simon Zhang
+
 # 0.5.2:
     - Cocycle indices now correspond to point cloud indices, even
       when a greedy permutation is in use
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7af49af..9eaac49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ Additionally, through extensive testing and continuous integration, Ripser.py is
 To aid your use of the package, we've put together a large set of notebooks that demonstrate many of the features available. Complete documentation about the package can be found at [ripser.scikit-tda.org](https://ripser.scikit-tda.org). 
 
 
+## Related Projects
 
 If you're looking for the original C++ library, you can find it at [Ripser/ripser](https://github.com/ripser/ripser).
 
+If you're looking for a GPU-accelerated version of Ripser, you can find it at [Ripser++](https://github.com/simonzhang00/ripser-plusplus)
+
 ## Setup
 
 
diff --git a/ripser/_version.py b/ripser/_version.py
index 7225152..43a1e95 100644
--- a/ripser/_version.py
+++ b/ripser/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"