diff --git a/requirements/common.in b/requirements/common.in
index 8818569f4c..5e658524d3 100644
--- a/requirements/common.in
+++ b/requirements/common.in
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ tornado
 orjson
 
 # Needed for iOS push notifications
-aioapns
+https://github.com/zulip/aioapns/archive/2d69284481d328bd3e4168c631d75a38268eddb9.zip#egg=aioapns==3.1+git  # https://github.com/Fatal1ty/aioapns/pull/52
 
 python-twitter
 
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 972a4f879f..4660a60a4e 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 #
 # For details, see requirements/README.md .
 #
-aioapns==3.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:0544912030317952a566d79880665990c7149fa840a357d609bb997076575215 \
-    --hash=sha256:6220827c156be7f7aceb40cc388b0129c6a33221b06cc73399b39a7d2997c338
+https://github.com/zulip/aioapns/archive/2d69284481d328bd3e4168c631d75a38268eddb9.zip#egg=aioapns==3.1+git \
+    --hash=sha256:e8ffed2c251b3383c75c08a538fb04392480ac19f97887ff8f113fe4a45cf96c
     # via -r requirements/common.in
 aiohttp==3.8.6 \
     --hash=sha256:002f23e6ea8d3dd8d149e569fd580c999232b5fbc601c48d55398fbc2e582e8c \
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index 5997849849..e853aca69f 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 #
 # For details, see requirements/README.md .
 #
-aioapns==3.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:0544912030317952a566d79880665990c7149fa840a357d609bb997076575215 \
-    --hash=sha256:6220827c156be7f7aceb40cc388b0129c6a33221b06cc73399b39a7d2997c338
+https://github.com/zulip/aioapns/archive/2d69284481d328bd3e4168c631d75a38268eddb9.zip#egg=aioapns==3.1+git \
+    --hash=sha256:e8ffed2c251b3383c75c08a538fb04392480ac19f97887ff8f113fe4a45cf96c
     # via -r requirements/common.in
 aiohttp==3.8.6 \
     --hash=sha256:002f23e6ea8d3dd8d149e569fd580c999232b5fbc601c48d55398fbc2e582e8c \
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 41360486f0..6759857d96 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 226
 #   historical commits sharing the same major version, in which case a
 #   minor version bump suffices.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = (253, 0)
+PROVISION_VERSION = (253, 1)