diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 2324be25..a0d5edd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Enable sibling oqsprovider for testing
         run: cd _build/lib && ln -s oqsprovider.so oqsprovider2.so
       - name: Test
-        run: ./scripts/runtests.sh -V
+        run: LIBOQS_BRANCH=dev-092 ./scripts/runtests.sh -V
       - name: Verify nothing changes on re-generate code
         run: |
           apt-get update && apt-get install -y clang-format && \
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Clone and build liboqs for linux-aarch64
         working-directory: /opt/
         run: |
-          git clone --depth=1 --branch main https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs.git liboqs
+          git clone --depth=1 --branch dev-092 https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs.git liboqs
           cd liboqs
           mkdir build install
           cmake --toolchain "${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index 7a6f95f4..dd5dc977 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           set-safe-directory: true
           repository: open-quantum-safe/liboqs
-          ref: main
+          ref: dev-092
           path: liboqs
       - name: Retrieve OpenSSL32 from cache
         id: cache-openssl32
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index a03fc8bb..77429b3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           set-safe-directory: true
           repository: open-quantum-safe/liboqs
-          ref: main
+          ref: dev-092
           path: liboqs
       - name: Install cygwin
         uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@master
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           set-safe-directory: true
           repository: open-quantum-safe/liboqs
+          ref: dev-092
           path: liboqs
       - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
         with:
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ jobs:
           with:
             set-safe-directory: true
             repository: open-quantum-safe/liboqs
+            ref: dev-092
             path: liboqs
         - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
           with:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c930ad3f..67786df3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ else()
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 endif()
 project(oqs-provider LANGUAGES C)
-set(OQSPROVIDER_VERSION_TEXT "0.5.2")
+set(OQSPROVIDER_VERSION_TEXT "0.5.3")
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY FIND_LIBRARY_USE_LIB64_PATHS ON)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index dd4f0b58..ea0a26fb 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# oqs-provider 0.5.3
+
+This is a maintenance release not changing any `oqsprovider` functionality but only tracking a security update in `liboqs` (0.9.2).
+
+Previous Release Notes
+======================
+
 # oqs-provider 0.5.2
 
 ## About
@@ -69,9 +76,6 @@ This release also makes available ready-to-run binaries for Windows (.dll) and M
 
 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/oqs-provider/compare/0.5.1...0.5.2
 
-Previous Release Notes
-======================
-
 ## This is version 0.5.1 of oqs-provider.
 
 ### Security considerations