diff --git a/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/version b/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/version
index 20986bfdf4d..d79833f889a 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/version
+++ b/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.52 (20 Jul 2001)
+3.53 (23 Jul 2001)