diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b7128581..1b6298d78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to GitNexus will be documented in this file.
 - Added automatic cleanup of stale KuzuDB index files
 - LadybugDB v0.15 requires explicit VECTOR extension loading for semantic search
 
-## [1.6.0] - 2026-04-01
+## [1.5.3] - 2026-04-01
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/package-lock.json b/gitnexus/package-lock.json
index c46519e41..58fd23885 100644
--- a/gitnexus/package-lock.json
+++ b/gitnexus/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "gitnexus",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.5.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "gitnexus",
-      "version": "1.6.0",
+      "version": "1.5.3",
       "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@huggingface/transformers": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/gitnexus/package.json b/gitnexus/package.json
index 7a95ddb98..59bc71e50 100644
--- a/gitnexus/package.json
+++ b/gitnexus/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gitnexus",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.5.3",
   "description": "Graph-powered code intelligence for AI agents. Index any codebase, query via MCP or CLI.",
   "author": "Abhigyan Patwari",
   "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",