diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23dcf9f..4504657 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.3] - 2021-02-09
+
+### Changed
+
+- Disable `subtle` default-features flag [#36](https://github.com/dusk-network/dusk-pki/issues/36)
+
 ## [0.5.2] - 2021-02-09
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cecc656..31169ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-pki"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["zer0 <matteo@dusk.network>", "Victor Lopez <victor@dusk.network>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 rand_core = "0.5"
 dusk-bytes = "0.1"
-subtle = "^2.2.1"
+subtle = {version="^2.2.1", default-features=false}
 dusk-jubjub = {version="0.8", default-features=false}
 poseidon252 = {git = "https://github.com/dusk-network/Poseidon252", tag = "v0.17.0", default-features = false}
 canonical = {version = "0.5", optional = true}