diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 6966b80..c28d472 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"5.3.0"}
+{".":"5.3.1"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9d9506c..0c28a30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Hetzner Cloud Ansible Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v5.3.1
+======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- server - Also check server type deprecation after server creation.
+
 v5.3.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 85e5a4d..9527b37 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -729,3 +729,10 @@ releases:
     - per-location-server-types.yml
     - wait-floating-ip-assign-action.yml
     release_date: '2025-09-26'
+  5.3.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - server - Also check server type deprecation after server creation.
+    fragments:
+    - server-type-deprecation.yml
+    release_date: '2025-09-29'
diff --git a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
index 2cf4d82..bd6ce74 100644
--- a/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
+++ b/changelogs/dev-changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.3.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/5.3.0...5.3.1) (2025-09-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* also check server type deprecation after server creation ([#696](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/696)) ([c4dc19c](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/commit/c4dc19c6750afa26269f77b8bc855175fcc01516))
+
 ## [5.3.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/compare/5.2.0...5.3.0) (2025-09-26)
 
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/server-type-deprecation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/server-type-deprecation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c008ea..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/server-type-deprecation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - server - Also check server type deprecation after server creation.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 8a4d063..a18d87e 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: hetzner
 name: hcloud
-version: 5.3.0
+version: 5.3.1
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Hetzner Cloud (github.com/hetznercloud)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/version.py b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
index 05ab2be..886d73b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-version = "5.3.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "5.3.1"  # x-release-please-version