diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index fa1a1bf..ce993df 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ keywords:
   - bot
   - software
 license: MIT
-version: 0.5.2
-date-released: 2026-07-02
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 0.5.3
+date-released: 2026-07-06
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dbb190..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-.PHONY: rsmetacheck-run clean
-
-# arguments
-
-
-# Run rsmetacheck via the `uv` runner and place outputs under assets/example_analysis/
-rsmetacheck-run:
-	@mkdir -p assets/example_analysis
-	@echo "Running: uv run rsmetacheck --input https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/rsmetacheck --analysis-output assets/example_analysis/"
-	@uv run rsmetacheck --input https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/rsmetacheck --somef-output assets/example_analysis/somef/ --pitfalls-output assets/example_analysis/pitfalls/ --analysis-output assets/example_analysis/rsmetacheck_analysis.json
-
-clean:
-	@rm -rf assets/example_analysis
-	@echo "Cleaned assets/example_analysis"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e879c2..9a0915e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19468976.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19468976)
 [![SWH](https://archive.softwareheritage.org/badge/swh:1:dir:9f3d474c040158cc675e8db135767e0d2d3fba7b/)](https://archive.softwareheritage.org/swh:1:dir:9f3d474c040158cc675e8db135767e0d2d3fba7b;origin=https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot;visit=swh:1:snp:03da984544982fdf5aa1f556012b917250f1e4c3;anchor=swh:1:rev:fc64150edf2e35f045cf3858d81b00ca6e7f6e68)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.5.2-blue.svg)](https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot/releases)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.5.3-blue.svg)](https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot/releases)
 [![Python 3.11--3.12](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11--3.12-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 [![CI (build)](https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Code style: ruff](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-ruff-000000.svg)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index 41a72db..aa4929a 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   ],
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot",
   "dateCreated": "2025-12-15",
-  "dateModified": "2026-07-02",
+  "dateModified": "2026-07-06",
   "datePublished": "2026-01-16",
   "description": "A repository to keep the code of the RSMetaCheck bot for pushing issues with existing repository metadata",
   "downloadUrl": "https://github.com/SoftwareUnderstanding/sw-metadata-bot/releases",
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
     "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
     "requests>=2.32.5"
   ],
-  "version": "0.5.2",
-  "softwareVersion": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
+  "softwareVersion": "0.5.3",
   "maintainer": {
     "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-3089",
     "givenName": "Tom",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2453cd7..621c2ab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "sw-metadata-bot"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 description = "Metadata quality bot for software repositories, leveraging metacheck for analysis and GitHub/GitLab APIs for issue management."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.13"
diff --git a/update_version_package.sh b/update_version_package.sh
index 8320007..46b89c2 100644
--- a/update_version_package.sh
+++ b/update_version_package.sh
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@ data['dateModified'] = '$TODAY'
 with open('codemeta.json', 'w') as f:
     json.dump(data, f, indent=2)
 "
+echo "Update version and dateModified in codemeta.json"
 
 # Update README.md
 sed -i "s|badge/version-[^)]*-|badge/version-$NEW_VERSION-|g" README.md
+echo "Update badge version in README.md"
 
 # update the CITATION.cff file
-
 sed -i "s/^version: .*/version: $NEW_VERSION/" CITATION.cff
+echo "Update version in CITATION.cff"
 sed -i "s/^date-released: .*/date-released: $TODAY/" CITATION.cff
+echo "Update date-released in CITATION.cff"
 
 # update the uv.lock file
 uv sync
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2c552fd..53e22db 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -5053,7 +5053,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sw-metadata-bot"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },