diff --git a/icu4j/build.properties b/icu4j/build.properties
index 7554a49490f..837883d4014 100644
--- a/icu4j/build.properties
+++ b/icu4j/build.properties
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #* Copyright (C) 2009-2013, International Business Machines Corporation and    *
 #* others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *
 #*******************************************************************************
-api.report.version = 52
-api.report.prev.version = 51
-release.file.ver = 52rc
-api.doc.version = 52 Release Candidate
+api.report.version = 53
+api.report.prev.version = 52
+release.file.ver = 53M1
+api.doc.version = 53 Milestone 1
 
diff --git a/icu4j/eclipse-build/build.properties b/icu4j/eclipse-build/build.properties
index 2d41643a6a8..457df416d93 100644
--- a/icu4j/eclipse-build/build.properties
+++ b/icu4j/eclipse-build/build.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 #* Copyright (C) 2010-2013, International Business Machines Corporation and    *
 #* others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *
 #*******************************************************************************
-icu4j.plugin.impl.version.string=52.1.0
+icu4j.plugin.impl.version.string=53.0.1
 copyright.eclipse=Licensed Materials - Property of IBM \n (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2013. All Rights Reserved. \n IBM is a registered trademark of IBM Corp.
-icu4j.data.version.number=52
+icu4j.data.version.number=53
diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java
index 631b8ef07bc..cbc5b610358 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/util/VersionInfo.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public final class VersionInfo implements Comparable<VersionInfo>
      * @internal
      * @deprecated This API is ICU internal only.
      */
-    public static final String ICU_DATA_VERSION_PATH = "52b";
+    public static final String ICU_DATA_VERSION_PATH = "53b";
     
     /**
      * Data version in ICU4J.
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ public final class VersionInfo implements Comparable<VersionInfo>
         UNICODE_6_2   = getInstance(6, 2, 0, 0);
         UNICODE_6_3   = getInstance(6, 3, 0, 0);
 
-        ICU_VERSION   = getInstance(52, 1, 0, 0);
-        ICU_DATA_VERSION = getInstance(52, 1, 0, 0);
+        ICU_VERSION   = getInstance(53, 0, 1, 0);
+        ICU_DATA_VERSION = getInstance(53, 0, 1, 0);
         UNICODE_VERSION = UNICODE_6_3;
 
         UCOL_RUNTIME_VERSION = getInstance(7);
diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties b/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties
index 9c252e77d6b..570bc28d45d 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/build/common.properties
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #*******************************************************************************
 
 # Version numbers, etc.
-icu4j.spec.version = 52
-icu4j.impl.version = 52.1
-icu4j.data.version = 52
+icu4j.spec.version = 53
+icu4j.impl.version = 53.0.1
+icu4j.data.version = 53
 current.year = 2013
 default.exec.env = J2SE-1.5
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
index 9e63d579064..89af946a39b 100755
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:9627f81e435caddd80063e43b758fe80b0aed6ed0ce1669e85e5fbb237a4983d
-size 10993438
+oid sha256:2858cce31917f0eabd2eb5c4e14176764265b886681578e0003cb76576a06014
+size 10993229
diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar
index ef3ed590553..b27ab133e96 100755
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icutzdata.jar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:fc892baa184b856d12d78d9ddcec541b6b9cd1a6616eab59fb980661ffbffef5
-size 97649
+oid sha256:834723bdb6f5156a719c3279581793bc9fefc3208752a891f064888f5ef3cbb7
+size 97639
diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar b/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar
index 47b64c50a8e..d15c990b9fd 100755
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/testdata.jar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:897e6fa37ac41c3ff835d475803fe01369e8ebc39d12211e2f662fc5abea0d01
-size 726436
+oid sha256:ad3046ee4267b97dd6704c0092affe5028faef45085fde6b792b907d3d9ea3d3
+size 726422
diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java
index 18c5b756ac5..2fa84525bfe 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/DebugUtilitiesData.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 package com.ibm.icu.dev.test.util;
 
 public class DebugUtilitiesData extends Object {
-    public static final String ICU4C_VERSION="52.1";
+    public static final String ICU4C_VERSION="53.0.1";
     public static final int UDebugEnumType = 0;
     public static final int UCalendarDateFields = 1;
     public static final int UCalendarMonths = 2;
diff --git a/icu4j/pom.xml b/icu4j/pom.xml
index 2550cabd359..1a5a36a34c7 100644
--- a/icu4j/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
   <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-  <version>52-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>53-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>ICU4J</name>
   <description>