Start development of version 5.3.1

Author: greenrobot-team

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Notable changes to the ObjectBox Java library.
 
 For more insights into what changed in the database libraries, [check the ObjectBox C changelog](https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-c/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
 
+## Next release
+
 ## 5.3.0 - 2026-03-10
 
 - Gradle plugin: to apply the plugin, it is no longer necessary to add a manual mapping of the plugin ID in your

build.gradle.kts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ plugins {
 buildscript {
     // Version of Maven artifacts
     // Should only be changed as part of the release process, see the release checklist in the objectbox repo
-    val versionNumber = "5.3.0"
+    val versionNumber = "5.3.1"
 
     // Release mode should only be enabled when manually triggering a CI pipeline,
     // see the release checklist in the objectbox repo.