diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index c01c485..47a3429 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+4.53 2021-06-03
+
+    [ FIX ]
+    - fix typo in passing of max-age to CGI::Cookie (GH #247)
+
 4.52 2021-05-04
 
     [ FIX ]
diff --git a/lib/CGI.pm b/lib/CGI.pm
index 11ace05..0bf21fa 100644
--- a/lib/CGI.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 #/;
 
-$CGI::VERSION='4.52';
+$CGI::VERSION='4.53';
 
 use CGI::Util qw(rearrange rearrange_header make_attributes unescape escape expires ebcdic2ascii ascii2ebcdic);
 
@@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ sub cookie {
     push(@param,'-expires'=>$expires) if $expires;
     push(@param,'-secure'=>$secure) if $secure;
     push(@param,'-httponly'=>$httponly) if $httponly;
-    push(@param,'-max_age'=>$max_age) if $max_age;
+    push(@param,'-max-age'=>$max_age) if $max_age;
     push(@param,'-samesite'=>$samesite) if $samesite;
 
     return CGI::Cookie->new(@param);
diff --git a/lib/CGI/Carp.pm b/lib/CGI/Carp.pm
index 249f345..2be0e7e 100644
--- a/lib/CGI/Carp.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI/Carp.pm
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ use File::Spec;
 
 $main::SIG{__WARN__}=\&CGI::Carp::warn;
 
-$CGI::Carp::VERSION     = '4.52';
+$CGI::Carp::VERSION     = '4.53';
 $CGI::Carp::CUSTOM_MSG  = undef;
 $CGI::Carp::DIE_HANDLER = undef;
 $CGI::Carp::TO_BROWSER  = 1;
diff --git a/lib/CGI/Cookie.pm b/lib/CGI/Cookie.pm
index 5ae12b2..6f8cb76 100644
--- a/lib/CGI/Cookie.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI/Cookie.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package CGI::Cookie;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION='4.52';
+our $VERSION='4.53';
 
 use CGI::Util qw(rearrange unescape escape);
 use overload '""' => \&as_string, 'cmp' => \&compare, 'fallback' => 1;
diff --git a/lib/CGI/File/Temp.pm b/lib/CGI/File/Temp.pm
index 218e260..e8c59e8 100644
--- a/lib/CGI/File/Temp.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI/File/Temp.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # you use it directly and your code breaks horribly.
 package CGI::File::Temp;
 
-$CGI::File::Temp::VERSION = '4.52';
+$CGI::File::Temp::VERSION = '4.53';
 
 use parent File::Temp;
 use parent Fh;
diff --git a/lib/CGI/Pretty.pm b/lib/CGI/Pretty.pm
index 9372f30..49092e5 100644
--- a/lib/CGI/Pretty.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI/Pretty.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 use CGI ();
 
-$CGI::Pretty::VERSION = '4.52';
+$CGI::Pretty::VERSION = '4.53';
 $CGI::DefaultClass = __PACKAGE__;
 @CGI::Pretty::ISA = qw( CGI );
 
diff --git a/lib/CGI/Push.pm b/lib/CGI/Push.pm
index 6297f55..a1f7bec 100644
--- a/lib/CGI/Push.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI/Push.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 #/;
 
-$CGI::Push::VERSION='4.52';
+$CGI::Push::VERSION='4.53';
 use CGI;
 use CGI::Util 'rearrange';
 @ISA = ('CGI');
diff --git a/lib/CGI/Util.pm b/lib/CGI/Util.pm
index d32595a..7463e0e 100644
--- a/lib/CGI/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/CGI/Util.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(rearrange rearrange_header make_attributes unescape escape
         expires ebcdic2ascii ascii2ebcdic);
 
-our $VERSION = '4.52';
+our $VERSION = '4.53';
 
 our $_EBCDIC = "\t" ne "\011";
 
diff --git a/lib/Fh.pm b/lib/Fh.pm
index a7baab7..bb86f3e 100644
--- a/lib/Fh.pm
+++ b/lib/Fh.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ package Fh;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-$Fh::VERSION = '4.52';
+$Fh::VERSION = '4.53';
 
 1;