diff --git a/installJRMC b/installJRMC
index 9a3121f..bb95aae 100755
--- a/installJRMC
+++ b/installJRMC
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # * Be careful with tabs in heredocs
 shopt -s extglob
 
-declare -g SCRIPT_VERSION="1.5.3-dev"
+declare -g SCRIPT_VERSION="1.5.3"
 declare -g MC_REPO="bullseye" # should match the MC_VERSION
 # declare -g MC_REPO="bookworm" # should match the MC_VERSION
 declare -g MC_VERSION="33.0.72" # do find all replace