diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3cb0908..ad25449 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@zenrows/cli",
-  "version": "1.5.2",
+  "version": "1.5.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@zenrows/cli",
-      "version": "1.5.2",
+      "version": "1.5.3",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "zenrows": "dist/bin/zenrows.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a25dcd0..876e54c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zenrows/cli",
-  "version": "1.5.2",
+  "version": "1.5.3",
   "description": "Open-source CLI, MCP, skills, templates, workflows, recipes, and evals layer for giving AI agents reliable access to protected web data through Zenrows cloud infrastructure.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/core/config.ts b/src/core/config.ts
index 90199f6..db1e9a0 100644
--- a/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/config.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const CONFIG_VERSION = "0.1.0";
  * entrypoint) so core modules — telemetry, signup provenance — can read it
  * without an import cycle. `VERSION` in `cli/index.ts` re-exports this.
  */
-export const CLI_VERSION = "1.5.2";
+export const CLI_VERSION = "1.5.3";
 /** The User-Agent on every request to a Zenrows API. The gateway reads the version from it. */
 export const CLI_USER_AGENT = `zenrows-cli/${CLI_VERSION}`;
 /** Env var to override the Fetch and Extract API base (local/staging testing). */