diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b416a42..863388f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 [![Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-terraform-rds-instance/all.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-terraform-rds-instance/releases)
 
+# IMP NOTE: Updating to module version 5.3, existing database password will be rotated.
+# Make sure you restart your pods which use this RDS secret to avoid any down time.
+
 This terraform module will create an RDS instance and all required AWS resources. A KMS key is also created in order to enable encryption.
 
 The RDS instance that is created uses a randomly generated name to avoid any conflicts. The default database created in the instance uses the same random identifier but can be overriden by the user.
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ When upgrading the major version of an engine, `allow_major_version_upgrade` mus
 
 Some engines can't apply some parameters without a reboot(ex postgres9.x cant apply force_ssl immediate), and you will need to specify "pending-reboot" here.
 
+
 ## Usage
 
 See [this example](example/rds.tf)
diff --git a/example/rds.tf b/example/rds.tf
index 3a37ffb..777b0d8 100644
--- a/example/rds.tf
+++ b/example/rds.tf
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ variable "cluster_state_bucket" {
  * releases page of this repository.
  *
  */
+
+# IMP NOTE: Updating to module version 5.3, existing database password will be rotated.
+# Make sure you restart your pods which use this RDS secret to avoid any down time.
+
 module "example_team_rds" {
-  source               = "github.com/ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-terraform-rds-instance?ref=5.2"
+  source               = "github.com/ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-terraform-rds-instance?ref=5.3"
   cluster_name         = var.cluster_name
   cluster_state_bucket = var.cluster_state_bucket
   team_name            = "example-repo"