diff --git a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
index 89a8ef8d8fcb0de542f8b7db026522707d03418b..d9b7ec5a2f7ad96e907c4183c5c5c628c65cba5b 100644
--- a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.52.0
+8.53.0
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/mk-workhorse-8-53-0.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/mk-workhorse-8-53-0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b5611bb133d07e0018c4f0d87356a90a2a9f45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/mk-workhorse-8-53-0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Bump workhorse to 8.53.0
+merge_request: 46666
+author:
+type: other