diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f225a78adf..aedc15bb0c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.2
+2.5.3
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 9a8c90f5dd..d3bb1644d0 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-C Enhance\sthe\sINTEGRITY_CHECK\spragma\sto\stest\sthe\sauxiliary\sdatabase\sfile\sin\naddition\sto\sthe\smain\sdatabase\sfile.\s(CVS\s642)
-D 2002-06-25T13:16:03
+C Bug\sfix:\sWhen\sthe\sdatabase\sfile\sgrows\sin\ssize\sduring\sa\stransaction,\smake\ssure\nthe\slast\spage\sof\sthe\sfile\sgets\swritten\sto\sdisk\seven\sif\sthat\spage\sis\son\sthe\nfree\slist\sand\scontains\sno\sdata.\s\sOtherwise\sthe\sdisk\sfile\swill\sbe\stoo\ssmall\nwhich\scan\slead\sto\sdatabase\scorruption\sin\ssubsequent\stransactions.\s(CVS\s643)
+D 2002-06-25T14:43:58
 F Makefile.in 6291a33b87d2a395aafd7646ee1ed562c6f2c28c
 F Makefile.template 4e11752e0b5c7a043ca50af4296ec562857ba495
 F README a4c0ba11354ef6ba0776b400d057c59da47a4cc0
-F VERSION 2ca20d4461e9496d4ae27191e7273a12369ff17c
+F VERSION 97bfa91ca72b5d914131a988ca9b75bc52c40553
 F aclocal.m4 11faa843caa38fd451bc6aeb43e248d1723a269d
 F config.guess f38b1e93d1e0fa6f5a6913e9e7b12774b9232588
 F config.sub f14b07d544ca26b5d698259045136b783e18fc7f
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ F src/main.c 43d5f4e38108129a13cf42c59087e6e20b3596ad
 F src/md5.c 0ae1f3e2cac92d06fc6246d1b4b8f61a2fe66d3b
 F src/os.c 9cc40c5384baba4a85e160e67807645ca98ba3cc
 F src/os.h 4a361fccfbc4e7609b3e1557f604f94c1e96ad10
-F src/pager.c 1e41053c949cea1f09d8dafada5fe8f90785e650
+F src/pager.c 58ae9f569b3c664ea9205c6f6da432e3ae180f56
 F src/pager.h 6fddfddd3b73aa8abc081b973886320e3c614f0e
 F src/parse.y c75ea2580de675bcb80ff8b7c10c0a15e02a21ab
 F src/printf.c 236ed7a79386feed4456fa728fff8be793f1547c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ F www/arch.fig d5f9752a4dbf242e9cfffffd3f5762b6c63b3bcf
 F www/arch.png 82ef36db1143828a7abc88b1e308a5f55d4336f4
 F www/arch.tcl 72a0c80e9054cc7025a50928d28d9c75c02c2b8b
 F www/c_interface.tcl 58cf4d128dcae08d91d0011c6d4d11de323f470f
-F www/changes.tcl 08de0b1b50d3651ac3bd6b0d44c9ebe0072b55b3
+F www/changes.tcl a096bde48589a4c1fae69e85d72d3c41fdd186cd
 F www/conflict.tcl 81dd21f9a679e60aae049e9dd8ab53d59570cda2
 F www/crosscompile.tcl 3622ebbe518927a3854a12de51344673eb2dd060
 F www/download.tcl 29aa6679ca29621d10613f60ebbbda18f4b91c49
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl da8afcc1d3ccc5696cfb388a68982bc3d9f7f00f
 F www/sqlite.tcl ac64065d0c5e2de0f71238d55b2c14bb5c5c194c
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 1db15abeb446aad0caf0b95b8b9579720e4ea331
 F www/vdbe.tcl 2013852c27a02a091d39a766bc87cff329f21218
-P 756310cad23668785eac679ef0842d1f37c306ee
-R 86bdc4dd43fde89d9869884f7454049a
+P 52eba4de301121f254174b74042015bf6069ef11
+R 40d3bf2fd98ee726a822a60d13e6ec24
 U drh
-Z 4de554b1388a65f2a11731d055d158e3
+Z a933713559c7d8b5cd51a8205ff4246e
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 254e41f322..9c522dba37 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-52eba4de301121f254174b74042015bf6069ef11
\ No newline at end of file
+36fc0add660f9f3676783765d37280aa874caecb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 37d458b448..ef8847ba29 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ** file simultaneously, or one process from reading the database while
 ** another is writing.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.46 2002/05/30 12:27:03 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.47 2002/06/25 14:43:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "pager.h"
@@ -1195,7 +1195,18 @@ void sqlitepager_dont_write(Pager *pPager, Pgno pgno){
   PgHdr *pPg;
   pPg = pager_lookup(pPager, pgno);
   if( pPg && pPg->dirty ){
-    pPg->dirty = 0;
+    if( pPager->dbSize==(int)pPg->pgno && pPager->origDbSize<pPager->dbSize ){
+      /* If this pages is the last page in the file and the file has grown
+      ** during the current transaction, then do NOT mark the page as clean.
+      ** When the database file grows, we must make sure that the last page
+      ** gets written at least once so that the disk file will be the correct
+      ** size. If you do not write this page and the size of the file
+      ** on the disk ends up being too small, that can lead to database
+      ** corruption during the next transaction.
+      */
+    }else{
+      pPg->dirty = 0;
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/www/changes.tcl b/www/changes.tcl
index 955797a0d9..a67b96cdeb 100644
--- a/www/changes.tcl
+++ b/www/changes.tcl
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ proc chng {date desc} {
   puts "<DD><P><UL>$desc</UL></P></DD>"
 }
 
+chng {2002 Jun 24 (2.5.3)} {
+<li>Bug fix:  Database corruption can occur due to the optimization
+    that was introduced in version 2.4.0 (checking [410]).  The problem
+    should now be fixed.  The use of versions 2.4.0 through 2.5.2 is
+    not recommended.</li>
+}
+
 chng {2002 Jun 24 (2.5.2)} {
 <li>Added the new <b>SQLITE_TEMP_MASTER</b> table which records the schema
     for temporary tables in the same way that <b>SQLITE_MASTER</b> does for