diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 996045b2..db764413 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Most commonly, if you are using [Maven] you can add the following to your pom.xm
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.authzed.api</groupId>
         <artifactId>authzed</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e9cf2c9a..ee5fbb31 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ javadoc { options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet') }
 
 def grpcVersion = "1.78.0"
 def protocVersion = "4.33.5"
-def authzedProtoCommit = "v1.45.4"
+def authzedProtoCommit = "v1.53.0"
 def bufDir = "${buildDir}/buf"
 def protocPlatformTag = project.findProperty('protoc_platform') ? ":${protoc_platform}" : ""