diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj
index ef0dfc1ebf2..1933b274070 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuuc52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuuc53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icuuc.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuuc52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuuc53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icuucd.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuuc52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuuc53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icuuc.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuuc52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuuc53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icuucd.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uvernum.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uvernum.h
index bd0b0c9898a..553ec25ff4d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uvernum.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uvernum.h
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@
  *  This value will change in the subsequent releases of ICU
  *  @stable ICU 2.4
  */
-#define U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM 52
+#define U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM 53
 
 /** The current ICU minor version as an integer.
  *  This value will change in the subsequent releases of ICU
  *  @stable ICU 2.6
  */
-#define U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM 1
+#define U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM 0
 
 /** The current ICU patchlevel version as an integer.
  *  This value will change in the subsequent releases of ICU
  *  @stable ICU 2.4
  */
-#define U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM 0
+#define U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM 1
 
 /** The current ICU build level version as an integer.
  *  This value is for use by ICU clients. It defaults to 0.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
  *  This value will change in the subsequent releases of ICU
  *  @stable ICU 2.6
  */
-#define U_ICU_VERSION_SUFFIX _52
+#define U_ICU_VERSION_SUFFIX _53
 
 /**
  * \def U_DEF2_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME
@@ -118,19 +118,19 @@
  *  This value will change in the subsequent releases of ICU
  *  @stable ICU 2.4
  */
-#define U_ICU_VERSION "52.1"
+#define U_ICU_VERSION "53.0.1"
 
 /** The current ICU library major/minor version as a string without dots, for library name suffixes.
  *  This value will change in the subsequent releases of ICU
  *  @stable ICU 2.6
  */
-#define U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT "52"
+#define U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT "53"
 
 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
 /** Data version in ICU4C.
  * @internal ICU 4.4 Internal Use Only
  **/
-#define U_ICU_DATA_VERSION "52.1"
+#define U_ICU_DATA_VERSION "53.0.1"
 #endif  /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
 
 /*===========================================================================
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/makedata.mak b/icu4c/source/data/makedata.mak
index b87af24f553..2455d9a9719 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/makedata.mak
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/makedata.mak
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Keep the following in sync with the version - see common/unicode/uvernum.h
-U_ICUDATA_NAME=icudt52
+U_ICUDATA_NAME=icudt53
 ##############################################################################
 U_ICUDATA_ENDIAN_SUFFIX=l
 UNICODE_VERSION=6.3
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/misc/icuver.txt b/icu4c/source/data/misc/icuver.txt
index db6d38a23fd..1af96a55fff 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/misc/icuver.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/misc/icuver.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 // ***************************************************************************
 
 icuver:table(nofallback){ 
-    DataVersion { "52.0.1.0" }
-    ICUVersion  { "52.0.1.0" }
+    DataVersion { "53.0.1.0" }
+    ICUVersion  { "53.0.1.0" }
 }
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj
index 3c1eebb04c3..03508923719 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuin52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuin53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icuin.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuin52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuin53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icuind.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuin52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuin53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icuin.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuin52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuin53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icuind.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj
index 8944e2acb85..47ce56f8901 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuio52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuio53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icuio.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuio52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icuio53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icuiod.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuio52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuio53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icuio.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuio52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icuio53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icuiod.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/layout/layout.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/layout/layout.vcxproj
index d80eb54f1a5..0f51cc5bbb1 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/layout/layout.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/layout/layout.vcxproj
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icule52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icule53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\iculed.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icule52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icule53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\icule.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icule52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icule53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\iculed.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\common;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icule52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icule53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\icule.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.vcxproj
index dac4cfec87c..38994cf60e4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\iculx52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\iculx53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\iculx.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\iculx52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\iculx53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib\iculxd.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\iculx52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\iculx53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\iculx.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\iculx52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\iculx53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\lib64\iculxd.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj
index ed4ca6be252..709365a11ec 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       <Command>echo "File with stubdata build time, used as a dependency to trigger fresh data build, since stubdata dll will overwrite the real one." &gt; "$(ProjectDir)stubdatabuilt.txt"</Command>
     </PreLinkEvent>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icudt52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icudt53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\x86\Release\icudt.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       <Command>echo "File with stubdata build time, used as a dependency to trigger fresh data build, since stubdata dll will overwrite the real one." &gt; "$(ProjectDir)stubdatabuilt.txt"</Command>
     </PreLinkEvent>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icudt52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin\icudt53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\x86\Debug/icudt.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <NoEntryPoint>true</NoEntryPoint>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
       <Command>echo "File with stubdata build time, used as a dependency to trigger fresh data build, since stubdata dll will overwrite the real one." &gt; "$(ProjectDir)stubdatabuilt.txt"</Command>
     </PreLinkEvent>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icudt52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icudt53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\x64\Release\icudt.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
       <Command>echo "File with stubdata build time, used as a dependency to trigger fresh data build, since stubdata dll will overwrite the real one." &gt; "$(ProjectDir)stubdatabuilt.txt"</Command>
     </PreLinkEvent>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icudt52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\bin64\icudt53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\x64\Debug/icudt.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <NoEntryPoint>true</NoEntryPoint>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctestfw.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctestfw.vcxproj
index 7dbdc9fca60..4ea4b745443 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctestfw.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/ctestfw/ctestfw.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutest52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutest53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\..\lib\icutest.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutest52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutest53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\..\lib\icutestd.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutest52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutest53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\..\lib64\icutest.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutest52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutest53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\..\lib64\icutestd.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.vcxproj
index 8cb12778719..34ab0cae655 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/toolutil.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutu52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutu53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\..\..\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\..\lib\icutu.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutu52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin\icutu53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\..\..\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutu52.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutu53.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\..\..\lib64;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>.\..\..\..\lib64\icutu.pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutu52d.dll</OutputFile>
+      <OutputFile>..\..\..\bin64\icutu53d.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\..\..\lib64;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>