diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dc500d0..464fff2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ such as having the following line in your module's `build.gradle` `dependencies`
 closure:
 
 ```gradle
-implementation "net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:4.5.2"
+implementation "net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:4.5.3"
 implementation "androidx.sqlite:sqlite:2.0.1"
 ```
 
-(replacing `4.5.2` with the version you want)
+(replacing `4.5.3` with the version you want)
 
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ To complete the `make` command, the `ANDROID_NDK_HOME` environment variable must
 SQLCIPHER_ROOT=/some/path/to/sqlcipher-folder \
 OPENSSL_ROOT=/some/path/to/openssl-folder \
 SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC -DSQLITE_TEMP_STORE=2" \
-SQLCIPHER_ANDROID_VERSION="4.5.2" \
+SQLCIPHER_ANDROID_VERSION="4.5.3" \
 make build-release
 ```