diff --git a/amalgam/test/test_standalone.py b/amalgam/test/test_standalone.py
index c073d0e..0813bb6 100644
--- a/amalgam/test/test_standalone.py
+++ b/amalgam/test/test_standalone.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def amalgam_lib():
                    execution_trace_dir='./traces/', trace=True)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(True, reason="Pending bugfix") # TODO: 20545
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not is_amalgam_installed, reason="Amalgam is not installed")
 def test_bulk_operations(amalgam_lib):
     amalgam_lib.reset_trace('test_bulk_operations.trace')
     assert bulk_operations(amalgam_lib)
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 0ecc035..d35a8b7 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "amalgam": "51.4.1"
+    "amalgam": "53.0.0"
   }
 }