diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26f705e..931175f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ es = SharedVerticesWithObjectSelector(face1)
 
 - v.0.4.0 - First release on PyPI
 - v.0.5.0 - Update requires python v.3.8+ and OCP v.7.6+ CadQuery 2.1+
+- v.0.5.3 - Updated with new helpers and updated setup.py
 
 
 ## Authors
diff --git a/cqkit/__init__.py b/cqkit/__init__.py
index 3158cb0..c0ce463 100644
--- a/cqkit/__init__.py
+++ b/cqkit/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # fmt: off
 __project__ = 'cqkit'
-__version__ = '0.5.2'
+__version__ = '0.5.3'
 # fmt: on
 
 VERSION = __project__ + "-" + __version__
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e0d5016..cca0314 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,37 +3,15 @@
 
 import os
 import os.path
+from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 
 import setuptools
 
 PACKAGE_NAME = "cqkit"
 
-# loc = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-# with open(loc + "/requirements.txt") as f:
-#     requirements = f.read().splitlines()
-
 required = []
 dependency_links = []
-# # do not add to required lines pointing to git repositories
-# EGG_MARK = "#egg="
-# for line in requirements:
-#     if (
-#         line.startswith("-e git:")
-#         or line.startswith("-e git+")
-#         or line.startswith("git:")
-#         or line.startswith("git+")
-#     ):
-#         if EGG_MARK in line:
-#             package_name = line[line.find(EGG_MARK) + len(EGG_MARK) :]
-#             required.append(package_name)
-#             dependency_links.append(line)
-#         else:
-#             print("Dependency to a git repository should have the format:")
-#             print("git+ssh://git@github.com/xxxxx/xxxxxx#egg=package_name")
-#     else:
-#         required.append(line)
 
 
 def read_package_variable(key, filename="__init__.py"):
@@ -47,15 +25,8 @@ def read_package_variable(key, filename="__init__.py"):
     sys.exit("'{0}' not found in '{1}'".format(key, module_path))
 
 
-def build_description():
-    """Build a description for the project from documentation files."""
-    try:
-        readme = open("README.md").read()
-        changelog = open("CHANGELOG.md").read()
-    except IOError:
-        return "<placeholder>"
-    else:
-        return readme + "\n" + changelog
+this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
+long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
 
 
 setuptools.setup(
@@ -65,9 +36,9 @@ def build_description():
     url="https://github.com/michaelgale/cq-kit",
     author="Michael Gale",
     author_email="michael@fxbricks.com",
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    long_description=build_description(),
+    long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     license="MIT",
     classifiers=[