diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a733893ccd1e1a0161064624ef2a70228dc0a0ff..3b3e18858c2d7b029c360fdc98a5943565c5cd06 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Changes between 3.5.2 and 3.5.3 Beta 1:
+------------------
+ * More subtitle settings
+ * New notification permission
+ * Fix the sorting in the file browser
+ * Allow forcing shuffle for audio playbacks
+ * TV allow mixing folders and files
+ * Minor graphical fixes and improvements
+ * Crash fixes
+
 Changes between 3.5.1 and 3.5.2:
 ------------------
  * Fix UPnP/DLNA discovery
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8ddac34771542985601f84ed46d6c56c3630a4e2..07c93ad823a7f7ad78dd57d61efdbd1605cfb554 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ allprojects {
 
 ext {
     appId = "org.videolan.vlc"
-    versionName = '3.5.2'
-    versionCode = 3050200
+    versionName = '3.5.3 Beta 1'
+    versionCode = 3050210
     libvlcVersion = '3.5.3-eap1'
     medialibraryVersion = '0.13.5-eap1'
     minSdkVersion = 17