diff --git a/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/app/hr.yaml b/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/app/hr.yaml
index c04dc34e..81f18853 100644
--- a/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/app/hr.yaml
+++ b/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/app/hr.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
           app:
             image: &img
               repository: docker.io/etherpad/etherpad
-              tag: 2.5.2@sha256:e4db7b72ac8cfcdbc56f83a27965e265ea1ad8fe3edfc2e2998dd0d03d801acf
+              tag: 2.5.3@sha256:d66816daa30a8905cd2a62921ed10e356a6ed9276239a917f84ad3c2dbdc2b75
             env: &env
               TZ: "${CONFIG_TZ}"
               TITLE: "Biohazard Pad"
diff --git a/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/ks.yaml b/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/ks.yaml
index 1f637166..25e63fbd 100644
--- a/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/ks.yaml
+++ b/kube/deploy/apps/etherpad/ks.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spec:
       SNAP: *sc
       ACCESSMODE: "ReadWriteMany"
       SNAP_ACCESSMODE: "ReadOnlyMany"
-      VS_APP_CURRENT_VERSION: "docker.io/etherpad/etherpad:2.5.2@sha256:0de56784bff922b31689ad12510b6c5a75ef0285d2601df3e4d6c7ce015b0bf5"
+      VS_APP_CURRENT_VERSION: "docker.io/etherpad/etherpad:2.5.3@sha256:0de56784bff922b31689ad12510b6c5a75ef0285d2601df3e4d6c7ce015b0bf5"
       RUID: &uid "5001"
       RGID: *uid
       RFSG: *uid