diff --git a/images/hub/requirements.txt b/images/hub/requirements.txt
index 2a1575d962..db70186b72 100644
--- a/images/hub/requirements.txt
+++ b/images/hub/requirements.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
     # via jsonschema
 jupyter-events==0.12.0
     # via jupyterhub
-jupyterhub==5.2.1
+jupyterhub==5.3.0rc0
     # via
     #   -r unfrozen/requirements.txt
     #   jupyterhub-firstuseauthenticator
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via
     #   jinja2
     #   mako
-multidict==6.3.2
+multidict==6.2.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
 pycurl==7.45.6
     # via -r unfrozen/requirements.txt
-pydantic==2.11.2
+pydantic==2.11.3
     # via jupyterhub
 pydantic-core==2.33.1
     # via pydantic
diff --git a/images/hub/unfrozen/requirements.txt b/images/hub/unfrozen/requirements.txt
index 241c7990df..26cd1ec8ff 100644
--- a/images/hub/unfrozen/requirements.txt
+++ b/images/hub/unfrozen/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 # JupyterHub itself
-jupyterhub==5.2.1
+jupyterhub==5.3.0rc0
 
 # JupyterHub Spawner, kubernetes specific
 jupyterhub-kubespawner==7.*
diff --git a/images/singleuser-sample/requirements.txt b/images/singleuser-sample/requirements.txt
index fcdac78b06..e9a842a950 100644
--- a/images/singleuser-sample/requirements.txt
+++ b/images/singleuser-sample/requirements.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ ipykernel==6.29.5
     # via
     #   jupyterlab
     #   nbclassic
-ipython==9.0.2
+ipython==9.1.0
     # via ipykernel
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
     # via nbclassic
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jupyter-server==2.15.0
     #   notebook-shim
 jupyter-server-terminals==0.5.3
     # via jupyter-server
-jupyterhub==5.2.1
+jupyterhub==5.3.0rc0
     # via -r unfrozen/requirements.txt
 jupyterlab==4.4.0
     # via -r unfrozen/requirements.txt
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ pure-eval==0.2.3
     # via stack-data
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
-pydantic==2.11.2
+pydantic==2.11.3
     # via jupyterhub
 pydantic-core==2.33.1
     # via pydantic
diff --git a/images/singleuser-sample/unfrozen/requirements.txt b/images/singleuser-sample/unfrozen/requirements.txt
index cf60156871..c03c51a0b2 100644
--- a/images/singleuser-sample/unfrozen/requirements.txt
+++ b/images/singleuser-sample/unfrozen/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # JupyterHub itself, update this version pinning by running the workflow
 # mentioned above.
-jupyterhub==5.2.1
+jupyterhub==5.3.0rc0
 
 # UI
 jupyterlab
diff --git a/jupyterhub/Chart.yaml b/jupyterhub/Chart.yaml
index 0115b87f42..157d6cfe57 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/Chart.yaml
+++ b/jupyterhub/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: jupyterhub
 version: 0.0.1-set.by.chartpress
-appVersion: "5.2.1"
+appVersion: "5.3.0rc0"
 description: Multi-user Jupyter installation
 keywords: [jupyter, jupyterhub, z2jh]
 home: https://z2jh.jupyter.org