chore: prepare Tokio v1.53.1 (#8303)

README.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Make sure you enable the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.53.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.53.1", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs:
 

tokio/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+# 1.53.1 (July 20th, 2026)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- signal: restore MSRV by removing `OnceLock::wait` from the Windows handler ([#8300])
+
+### Fixed (unstable)
+
+- time: fix alt timer cancellation and insertion race ([#8252])
+
+### Documented
+
+- runtime: remove dead link definition in Runtime::block_on ([#8301])
+
+[#8252]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/8252
+[#8300]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/8300
+[#8301]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/8301
+
 # 1.53.0 (July 17th, 2026)
 
 ### Added

tokio/Cargo.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "tokio"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v1.x.y" git tag.
-version = "1.53.0"
+version = "1.53.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.71"
 authors = ["Tokio Contributors <[email protected]>"]

tokio/README.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Make sure you enable the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.53.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.53.1", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs: