From 08fe3137c609994c4fa31e195a44efaf14f942a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanmay Jain <tanmay.jain@hashicorp.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:28:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] version: cut release v1.15.3

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md    | 8 ++++++++
 version/VERSION | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4160b33d1..f14febd18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # 📦 Changelog
 
+## 1.15.3 (April 27, 2026)
+
+### BUG FIXES:
+
+* hcp: skip bucket update requests when description and labels already match, avoiding unnecessary updates for existing buckets.
+    [GH-13624](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/13624)
+
+
 ## 1.15.2 (April 21, 2026)
 
 ### FEATURES:
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 42cf0675c..f2380cc7a 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.2
+1.15.3