diff --git a/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml b/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml
index 364e6df..657c8af 100755
--- a/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ images:
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/coordinator
   newTag: 0.32.0
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/core
-  newTag: 0.51.0
+  newTag: 0.53.0
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/frontend
   newTag: 0.4.3
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/io