diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+lambdabot 5.3
+	* support ghc-8.8 (#186, #187)
+	* fix Setup.hs files for Cabal 3.0 (#188, #189)
+	* fix alpha renaming in @pl
+	* fix variable capture in @unpl
+
+lambdabot 5.2
+	* remove stats plugin (for network-3.0 support)
+
 lambdabot 5.1.0.4
 	* support ghc-8.6 (#174, #175)
 	* @pl timeout works again (#173)
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
 import Distribution.Simple
-main = defaultMainWithHooks defaultUserHooks
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/lambdabot.cabal b/lambdabot.cabal
--- a/lambdabot.cabal
+++ b/lambdabot.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                   lambdabot
-version:                5.2
+version:                5.3
 
 license:                GPL
 license-file:           LICENSE
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 bug-reports:            https://github.com/lambdabot/lambdabot/issues
 
 build-type:             Simple
-cabal-version:          >= 1.8
-tested-with:            GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.5
+cabal-version:          >= 1.10
+tested-with:            GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.5, GHC == 8.8.3
 
 extra-source-files:     scripts/ghci.sh
                         scripts/genhaddock.sh
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@
   other-modules:        Modules
 
   ghc-options:          -Wall -threaded
+  default-language:     Haskell98
   build-depends:        base                         >= 3 && < 5,
-                        lambdabot-core               >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
-                        lambdabot-haskell-plugins    >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
-                        lambdabot-irc-plugins        >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
-                        lambdabot-misc-plugins       >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
-                        lambdabot-novelty-plugins    >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
-                        lambdabot-reference-plugins  >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
-                        lambdabot-social-plugins     >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
+                        lambdabot-core               >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
+                        lambdabot-haskell-plugins    >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
+                        lambdabot-irc-plugins        >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
+                        lambdabot-misc-plugins       >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
+                        lambdabot-novelty-plugins    >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
+                        lambdabot-reference-plugins  >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
+                        lambdabot-social-plugins     >= 5.3 && < 5.4,
                         mtl                          >= 2