diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f4ffb12b23..66dfda78400 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.google.android.filament:filament-android:1.53.4'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.filament:filament-android:1.53.5'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Here are all the libraries available in the group `com.google.android.filament`:
 iOS projects can use CocoaPods to install the latest release:
 
 ```shell
-pod 'Filament', '~> 1.53.4'
+pod 'Filament', '~> 1.53.5'
 ```
 
 ### Snapshots
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 805b8f277c1..d8d83f372ff 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ A new header is inserted each time a *tag* is created.
 Instead, if you are authoring a PR for the main branch, add your release note to
 [NEW_RELEASE_NOTES.md](./NEW_RELEASE_NOTES.md).
 
+## v1.53.5
+
+- engine: Fix bug causing certain sampler parameters to not be applied correctly in GLES 2.0 and on
+  certain GLES 3.0 drivers.
+
 ## v1.53.4
 
 
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 4b7e670a417..a9eb5d0046e 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.google.android.filament
-VERSION_NAME=1.53.4
+VERSION_NAME=1.53.5
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Real-time physically based rendering engine for Android.
 
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/CommandBufferQueue.cpp b/filament/backend/src/CommandBufferQueue.cpp
index e55bc104e05..39a81acffa6 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/CommandBufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/CommandBufferQueue.cpp
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ void CommandBufferQueue::flush() noexcept {
     size_t const used = std::distance(
             static_cast<char const*>(begin), static_cast<char const*>(end));
 
+
     std::unique_lock<utils::Mutex> lock(mLock);
-    mCommandBuffersToExecute.push_back({ begin, end });
-    mCondition.notify_one();
 
     // circular buffer is too small, we corrupted the stream
     FILAMENT_CHECK_POSTCONDITION(used <= mFreeSpace) <<
@@ -112,10 +111,12 @@ void CommandBufferQueue::flush() noexcept {
             "Space used at this time: " << used <<
             " bytes, overflow: " << used - mFreeSpace << " bytes";
 
-    // wait until there is enough space in the buffer
     mFreeSpace -= used;
-    if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(mFreeSpace < requiredSize)) {
+    mCommandBuffersToExecute.push_back({ begin, end });
+    mCondition.notify_one();
 
+    // wait until there is enough space in the buffer
+    if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(mFreeSpace < requiredSize)) {
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
         size_t const totalUsed = circularBuffer.size() - mFreeSpace;
@@ -153,8 +154,10 @@ std::vector<CommandBufferQueue::Range> CommandBufferQueue::waitForCommands() con
 }
 
 void CommandBufferQueue::releaseBuffer(CommandBufferQueue::Range const& buffer) {
+    size_t const used = std::distance(
+            static_cast<char const*>(buffer.begin), static_cast<char const*>(buffer.end));
     std::lock_guard<utils::Mutex> const lock(mLock);
-    mFreeSpace += uintptr_t(buffer.end) - uintptr_t(buffer.begin);
+    mFreeSpace += used;
     mCondition.notify_one();
 }
 
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLDriver.cpp b/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLDriver.cpp
index 5b011ee6254..1aca903de1b 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLDriver.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLDriver.cpp
@@ -2341,6 +2341,15 @@ void OpenGLDriver::updateSamplerGroup(Handle<HwSamplerGroup> sbh,
             GLTexture const* const t = handle_cast<const GLTexture*>(th);
             assert_invariant(t);
 
+            if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(es2)
+#if defined(GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic)
+                    || UTILS_UNLIKELY(anisotropyWorkaround)
+ #endif
+                    ) {
+                // We must set texture parameters on the texture itself.
+                bindTexture(OpenGLContext::DUMMY_TEXTURE_BINDING, t);
+            }
+
             SamplerParams params = pSamplers[i].s;
             if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(t->target == SamplerType::SAMPLER_EXTERNAL)) {
                 // From OES_EGL_image_external spec:
@@ -3881,6 +3890,7 @@ void OpenGLDriver::bindRenderPrimitive(Handle<HwRenderPrimitive> rph) {
 }
 
 void OpenGLDriver::draw2(uint32_t indexOffset, uint32_t indexCount, uint32_t instanceCount) {
+    DEBUG_MARKER()
     GLRenderPrimitive const* const rp = mBoundRenderPrimitive;
     if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(!rp || !mValidProgram)) {
         return;
@@ -3902,6 +3912,7 @@ void OpenGLDriver::draw2(uint32_t indexOffset, uint32_t indexCount, uint32_t ins
 }
 
 void OpenGLDriver::draw2GLES2(uint32_t indexOffset, uint32_t indexCount, uint32_t instanceCount) {
+    DEBUG_MARKER()
     GLRenderPrimitive const* const rp = mBoundRenderPrimitive;
     if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(!rp || !mValidProgram)) {
         return;
@@ -3922,6 +3933,7 @@ void OpenGLDriver::draw2GLES2(uint32_t indexOffset, uint32_t indexCount, uint32_
 }
 
 void OpenGLDriver::scissor(Viewport scissor) {
+    DEBUG_MARKER()
     setScissor(scissor);
 }
 
@@ -3941,6 +3953,7 @@ void OpenGLDriver::draw(PipelineState state, Handle<HwRenderPrimitive> rph,
 }
 
 void OpenGLDriver::dispatchCompute(Handle<HwProgram> program, math::uint3 workGroupCount) {
+    DEBUG_MARKER()
     getShaderCompilerService().tick();
 
     OpenGLProgram* const p = handle_cast<OpenGLProgram*>(program);
diff --git a/filament/src/Engine.cpp b/filament/src/Engine.cpp
index 477a0871c84..3c21b8c2b6f 100644
--- a/filament/src/Engine.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Engine.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "details/Engine.h"
 
+#include "ResourceAllocator.h"
+
 #include "details/BufferObject.h"
 #include "details/Camera.h"
 #include "details/Fence.h"
diff --git a/filament/src/Renderer.cpp b/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
index 258fd5ed327..155a5877e83 100644
--- a/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 
 #include <filament/Renderer.h>
 
-#include "details/Renderer.h"
+#include "ResourceAllocator.h"
 
 #include "details/Engine.h"
+#include "details/Renderer.h"
 #include "details/View.h"
 
 #include <utils/FixedCapacityVector.h>
diff --git a/ios/CocoaPods/Filament.podspec b/ios/CocoaPods/Filament.podspec
index 49be1bc40a4..ad8c4c6add7 100644
--- a/ios/CocoaPods/Filament.podspec
+++ b/ios/CocoaPods/Filament.podspec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name = "Filament"
-  spec.version = "1.53.4"
+  spec.version = "1.53.5"
   spec.license = { :type => "Apache 2.0", :file => "LICENSE" }
   spec.homepage = "https://google.github.io/filament"
   spec.authors = "Google LLC."
   spec.summary = "Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, and WASM/WebGL."
   spec.platform = :ios, "11.0"
-  spec.source = { :http => "https://github.com/google/filament/releases/download/v1.53.4/filament-v1.53.4-ios.tgz" }
+  spec.source = { :http => "https://github.com/google/filament/releases/download/v1.53.5/filament-v1.53.5-ios.tgz" }
 
   # Fix linking error with Xcode 12; we do not yet support the simulator on Apple silicon.
   spec.pod_target_xcconfig = {
diff --git a/libs/utils/include/utils/WorkStealingDequeue.h b/libs/utils/include/utils/WorkStealingDequeue.h
index 9ac980b799d..d077e5a3b3f 100644
--- a/libs/utils/include/utils/WorkStealingDequeue.h
+++ b/libs/utils/include/utils/WorkStealingDequeue.h
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ void WorkStealingDequeue<TYPE, COUNT>::push(TYPE item) noexcept {
     index_t bottom = mBottom.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
     setItemAt(bottom, item);
 
-    // std::memory_order_release is used because we release the item we just pushed to other
+    // Here we need std::memory_order_release because we release, the item we just pushed, to other
     // threads which are calling steal().
-    mBottom.store(bottom + 1, std::memory_order_release);
+    // However, generally seq_cst cannot be mixed with other memory orders. So we must use seq_cst.
+    // see: https://plv.mpi-sws.org/scfix/paper.pdf
+    mBottom.store(bottom + 1, std::memory_order_seq_cst);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -155,9 +157,11 @@ TYPE WorkStealingDequeue<TYPE, COUNT>::pop() noexcept {
         assert(top - bottom == 1);
     }
 
-    // std::memory_order_relaxed used because we're not publishing any data.
+    // Here, we only need std::memory_order_relaxed because we're not publishing any data.
     // No concurrent writes to mBottom possible, it's always safe to write mBottom.
-    mBottom.store(top, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    // However, generally seq_cst cannot be mixed with other memory orders. So we must use seq_cst.
+    // see: https://plv.mpi-sws.org/scfix/paper.pdf
+    mBottom.store(top, std::memory_order_seq_cst);
     return item;
 }
 
diff --git a/shaders/src/fog.fs b/shaders/src/fog.fs
index 17029480ca1..fbd41720a46 100644
--- a/shaders/src/fog.fs
+++ b/shaders/src/fog.fs
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ vec4 fog(vec4 color, highp vec3 view) {
     // note: d can be +inf with the skybox
     highp float d = length(view);
 
+    // early exit for object "in front" of the fog
+    if (d < frameUniforms.fogStart) {
+        return color;
+    }
+
     // fogCutOffDistance is set to +inf to disable the cutoff distance
     if (d > frameUniforms.fogCutOffDistance) {
         return color;
diff --git a/web/filament-js/package.json b/web/filament-js/package.json
index aef76f68202..1397ef32313 100644
--- a/web/filament-js/package.json
+++ b/web/filament-js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "filament",
-  "version": "1.53.4",
+  "version": "1.53.5",
   "description": "Real-time physically based rendering engine",
   "main": "filament.js",
   "module": "filament.js",