diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 502380f8..b22a7e03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.53.12] - 2024-11-04
+
+### Features
+
+- Sat templates now accepts lines starting with '#' as comments
+- Sat template rendering fails if values are missing
+- Sat template rendering ebug enabled for better errors
+
 ## [1.53.11] - 2024-11-04
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -12,6 +20,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Update mesa
 
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Release manta version 1.53.11
+
 ### Refactor
 
 - Clean code
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f621e64c..ba1dd3c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Manuel Sopena Ballesteros <msopena@cscs.ch>", "Miguel Gila <miguel.gila@cscs.ch>"]
 name = "manta"
 description = "Another CLI for ALPS"
-version = "1.53.11"
+version = "1.53.12"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 documentation = "https://github.com/eth-cscs/manta/blob/main/README.md"
 homepage = "https://github.com/eth-cscs/manta/blob/main/README.md"