diff --git a/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/pyproject.toml b/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/pyproject.toml
index 58f3fd4ae..14ebe1f70 100644
--- a/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "policyengine-fastapi",
     "policyengine-simulation-observability",
     "policyengine-simulation-contract[modal]",
-    "policyengine==5.2.0",
+    "policyengine==5.3.0",
     "policyengine-core==3.30.1",
     "policyengine-uk==2.90.2",
     "policyengine-us==1.764.6",
diff --git a/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/uv.lock b/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/uv.lock
index 35936c577..dc40f1c54 100644
--- a/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/uv.lock
+++ b/projects/policyengine-simulation-executor/uv.lock
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "policyengine"
-version = "5.2.0"
+version = "5.3.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "h5py" },
@@ -1721,9 +1721,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "requests" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/45/2d/5b09f414e26573748f9ae2e448d6f9f94196b7733e8400d727db9ed17868/policyengine-5.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c1e7a3a8d7fb23401aedbe8a9fa2d6ed69e24ae9983b6a4a8a0d5112394b0bc4", size = 732330, upload-time = "2026-08-29T17:24:52.814Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c3/b1/8e34dc457a27563933427d5f59129a5866bafb56e2795bdee88d7a0f8058/policyengine-5.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8124dd008054586a155d4416af4de1e7de3c6c833424297e3d7323159e2d35c3", size = 744584, upload-time = "2026-08-30T11:57:30.475Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f3/c5/677144df3800ae41dd587b292bd633c09edd5c998695ca15987c05730bc6/policyengine-5.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e73307f787cf366dc16c080b708c39c28a58b0adf34abe51de5ecd97ecfab154", size = 226102, upload-time = "2026-08-29T17:24:51.377Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/74/98e55a0017e9a0fc7a5dc1340d998d68f371e473e16537acbd29d5230035/policyengine-5.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:962882ea837debbe16ed9c44139ad5c594477af830be828034377819ff4c739c", size = 234192, upload-time = "2026-08-30T11:57:28.98Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "openapi-python-client", marker = "extra == 'build'", specifier = ">=0.21.6" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi", specifier = ">=0.51b0,<0.52" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy", specifier = ">=0.51b0,<0.52" },
-    { name = "policyengine", specifier = "==5.2.0" },
+    { name = "policyengine", specifier = "==5.3.0" },
     { name = "policyengine-core", specifier = "==3.30.1" },
     { name = "policyengine-fastapi", editable = "../../libs/policyengine-fastapi" },
     { name = "policyengine-observability", extras = ["fastapi"], specifier = ">=1.3.0,<2" },