diff --git a/org.mamedev.MAME.metainfo.xml b/org.mamedev.MAME.metainfo.xml
index 3ebc777..386226e 100644
--- a/org.mamedev.MAME.metainfo.xml
+++ b/org.mamedev.MAME.metainfo.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   <url type="homepage">https://www.mamedev.org</url>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">org.mamedev.MAME.desktop</launchable>
   <releases>
+    <release version="0.253" date="2023-03-30"/>
     <release version="0.252" date="2023-02-22"/>
     <release version="0.251" date="2022-12-31"/>
     <release version="0.250" date="2022-11-30"/>
diff --git a/org.mamedev.MAME.yaml b/org.mamedev.MAME.yaml
index 902db35..ceaf72a 100644
--- a/org.mamedev.MAME.yaml
+++ b/org.mamedev.MAME.yaml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ modules:
       - cp -r samples/ ${FLATPAK_DEST}/share/mame/
     sources:
       - type: archive
-        url: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/archive/refs/tags/mame0252.tar.gz
-        sha256: 9d6365fed1c5f6a7a854d5489df4c70300d01d2aabf6764b0e2476b59babc13e
+        url: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/archive/refs/tags/mame0253.tar.gz
+        sha256: 52065a1ae0db365a9aa35d62bafb226edc546ad993d6c75327e166596f25e4e4
       - type: file
         path: mame16x16.png
       - type: file
@@ -85,5 +85,3 @@ modules:
         path: sound.patch
       - type: patch
         path: ym3802.patch
-      - type: patch
-        path: irobot.patch