diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
index 5d6572045ad6d17b9d902af62e347638f0907e78..2867be7c2fe2879a203392e1307f716451a0162e 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.52
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.53
diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt
index 39e195b904c82c3d64e6c9d015bf38b38ef19e16..1a039c2a2bd9860361755d9026dcfad6193608c4 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisTop/externals.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Versions of the various externals to build before starting the build of
 # this project, when doing a full stack nightly build.
 
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.52
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.53
diff --git a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
index 0fd5ee33df4f5366c409f03e3261b439963fc234..05e195046ccf7a1bd17b5da984f809e539ae4d45 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.52
+AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.53
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
index a85a262ede8d867132d67a1cf21d8a4c1e0e8b17..72f44d418ac66738d5d36c8e59dafea152fcdb2f 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.52
+AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.53
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v33r0.001
diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 976d4556894158208401a1465ba5b80797a4a1df..57eb116e41c2c42d302b92371dfdbd6d71671d6b 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.52
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.53
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v33r0.001
diff --git a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
index f6fd630c23157abcb2b797cda4c8993b34579155..c4007968e2d73017bd561a7f6157b6355dbf6056 100644
--- a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.52
+VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.53