5.3.1 release notes (#5784)

Author: hmottestad

site/content/download.md

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ toc: true
 
 You can either retrieve RDF4J via Apache Maven, or download the SDK or onejar directly.
 
-## RDF4J 5.3.0 (latest)
+## RDF4J 5.3.1 (latest)
 
-RDF4J 5.3.0 is our latest stable release. It requires Java 11 minimally.
-For details on what’s new and how to upgrade, see the [release and upgrade notes](/release-notes/5.3.0).
+RDF4J 5.3.1 is our latest stable release. It requires Java 11 minimally.
+For details on what’s new and how to upgrade, see the [release and upgrade notes](/release-notes/5.3.1).
 
-- [RDF4J 5.3.0 SDK (zip)](http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/rdf4j/eclipse-rdf4j-5.3.0-sdk.zip)<br/>
+- [RDF4J 5.3.1 SDK (zip)](http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/rdf4j/eclipse-rdf4j-5.3.1-sdk.zip)<br/>
   Full Eclipse RDF4J SDK, containing all libraries, RDF4J Server, Workbench, and Console applications, and Javadoc API.
 
-- [RDF4J 5.3.0 onejar](http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/rdf4j/eclipse-rdf4j-5.3.0-onejar.jar)<br/>
+- [RDF4J 5.3.1 onejar](http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/rdf4j/eclipse-rdf4j-5.3.1-onejar.jar)<br/>
   Single jar file for easy inclusion of the full RDF4J toolkit in your Java project.
 
 - [RDF4J artifacts](https://search.maven.org/search?q=org.eclipse.rdf4j) on the [Maven Central Repository](http://search.maven.org/)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can include RDF4J as a Maven dependency in your Java project by including th
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.rdf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>rdf4j-bom</artifactId>
-            <version>5.3.0</version>
+            <version>5.3.1</version>
             <type>pom</type>
             <scope>import</scope>
         </dependency>

site/content/news/rdf4j-531.md

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+---
+title: "RDF4J 5.3.1 released"
+date: 2026-04-23T21:24:25+0200
+layout: "single"
+categories: ["news"]
+---
+RDF4J 5.3.1 is now available. This is a patch release fixing 2 bugs.
+
+For more details, have a look at the [release notes](/release-notes/5.3.1).
+<!--more-->
+### Links
+
+- [Download RDF4J](/download/)
+- [release notes](/release-notes/5.3.1)

site/content/release-notes/5.3.1.md

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+---
+title: "5.3.1"
+toc: true
+---
+RDF4J 5.3.1 is a patch release that fixes 2 performance issues.
+
+For a complete overview, see [all issues fixed in 5.3.1](https://github.com/eclipse/rdf4j/milestone/129?closed=1).
+
+### Acknowledgements
+
+This release was made possible by contributions from [Håvard M. Ottestad](https://github.com/hmottestad).