diff --git a/.ebextensions/.config b/.ebextensions/.config
index 3f1262c5..06b259bb 100644
--- a/.ebextensions/.config
+++ b/.ebextensions/.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 option_settings:
   - option_name: WB_DB_URI
-    value: datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS288/wormbase
+    value: datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS289/wormbase
   - option_name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
     value: "-Xmx13g"
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2707149a..8dfa7131 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+
+## [1.5.3] - 2023-03-01
+- initial release for WS289
+
+
+## [1.5.2] - 2023-03-01
+- initial release for WS288
+
 ## [1.5.1] - 2022-12-13
 - initial release for WS287
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe55f011..c6b3200e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Run following commands and test each step happens correctly.
 
 ```bash
-export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS288/wormbase"
+export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS289/wormbase"
 lein ring server-headless 8130
 lein do eastwood, test
 make docker-build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ eb deploy
 ## Setting environment variables
 
 ```bash
-export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS288/wormbase"
+export WB_DB_URI="datomic:ddb://us-east-1/WS289/wormbase"
 ```
 
 ## Starting server in development
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1959b662..c448638f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.7"
 services:
   wormbase_api:
-    image: 357210185381.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wormbase/rest:1.5.2
+    image: 357210185381.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wormbase/rest:1.5.3
     ports:
       - "80:3000"
     environment:
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 1314b469..3b7c8dab 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject wormbase/rest-api "1.5.2"
+(defproject wormbase/rest-api "1.5.3"
   :description
   "REST API for retrieving data from datomic on a per widget basis"
   :url "https://github.com/WormBase/wormbase-rest"