diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 5ca4a73..3f128b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ jobs:
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/release'
       with:
         name: docs-html
-        path: docs/_build/html/
+        path: docs/build/html/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3953b2a..1220c47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ instance/
 .scrapy
 
 # Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build/
+docs/build/
 
 # PyBuilder
 target/
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index d4bb2cb..ed88099 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SPHINXOPTS    ?=
 SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 SOURCEDIR     = .
-BUILDDIR      = _build
+BUILDDIR      = build
 
 # Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
 help:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0ba985e..eb95441 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 autoapi_add_toctree_entry = False
 
 templates_path = ['_templates']
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
+exclude_patterns = ['build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
 
 # Options for HTML output
 html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
diff --git a/docs/make.bat b/docs/make.bat
index 32bb245..8f56beb 100644
--- a/docs/make.bat
+++ b/docs/make.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
 	set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
 )
 set SOURCEDIR=.
-set BUILDDIR=_build
+set BUILDDIR=build
 
 %SPHINXBUILD% >NUL 2>NUL
 if errorlevel 9009 (
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c22f1d5..0a18eec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tsdf"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 description = "A Python library that provides methods for encoding and decoding TSDF (Time Series Data Format) data, which allows you to easily create, manipulate and serialize TSDF files in your Python code."
 authors = ["Peter Kok <p.kok@esciencecenter.nl>",
             "Pablo Rodríguez <p.rodriguez-sanchez@esciencecenter.nl>",