diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 43e75f74..3308e817 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -256,3 +256,11 @@ proto_library(
         ":v3_protos",
     ],
 )
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "proto_breaking_change_detector_buf_config",
+    srcs = [
+        "buf.yaml",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 49d7997f..be1e9c97 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "buf",
         project_desc = "A new way of working with Protocol Buffers.",  # Used for breaking change detection in API protobufs
         project_url = "https://buf.build",
-        version = "0.48.2",
-        sha256 = "ee0ea6c4a7bbb016d79b056905c0a1f018e7c5e47b37038c993a77b1bc732c0d",
+        version = "0.53.0",
+        sha256 = "888bb52d358e34a8d6a57ecff426bed896bdf478ad13c78a70a9e1a9a2d75715",
         strip_prefix = "buf",
         urls = ["https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/releases/download/v{version}/buf-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz"],
-        release_date = "2021-07-30",
+        release_date = "2021-08-25",
         use_category = ["api"],
         tags = ["manual"],
     ),
diff --git a/buf.lock b/buf.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04633137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buf.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Generated by buf. DO NOT EDIT.
+version: v1
+deps:
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: beta
+    repository: opencensus
+    branch: main
+    commit: 5f5f8259293649d68707d2e5b6285748
+    digest: b1-myYwcdM0Xu05qIwhiy4eWEcARYUuZZ1vTbYvrrHu1mU=
+    create_time: 2021-03-03T20:50:42.079743Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: beta
+    repository: opentelemetry
+    branch: main
+    commit: 549da630ffe24b53be3983fcee3bb346
+    digest: b1-HVAvWKH61BF6TdZSbHRhrD2SUuC0V7uAlZgCRimGPLI=
+    create_time: 2021-08-09T14:24:57.923964Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: beta
+    repository: prometheus
+    branch: main
+    commit: a91b42d18a994cd4b07b37f365f87cf9
+    digest: b1-uKmv58fyoNwJI855qg7UEagfdyUl6XNPsFAdDoi57f4=
+    create_time: 2021-06-23T20:16:58.410272Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: beta
+    repository: protoc-gen-validate
+    branch: main
+    commit: 82388a0a0cb04e98a203f95dfed5e84b
+    digest: b1-lYgUMN58PxyCwvfQoopp40AJ-oHHjWXAzksF7v9U-U4=
+    create_time: 2021-06-21T22:00:30.152545Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: beta
+    repository: xds
+    branch: main
+    commit: 45f850b92541434cbde4aece01bc7d53
+    digest: b1-QZUL5DC6-nVgMMlajH_hlImwghg5HjRsqlEAOl0dZgI=
+    create_time: 2021-08-09T14:37:06.872899Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: gogo
+    repository: protobuf
+    branch: main
+    commit: 4df00b267f944190a229ce3695781e99
+    digest: b1-sjLgsg7CzrkOrIjBDh3s-l0aMjE6oqTj85-OsoopKAw=
+    create_time: 2021-08-10T00:14:28.345069Z
+  - remote: buf.build
+    owner: googleapis
+    repository: googleapis
+    branch: main
+    commit: d1a849b8f8304950832335723096e954
+    digest: b1-zJkwX0YeOp1Wa0Jaj_RqMLa2-oEzePH6PJEK8aaMeI4=
+    create_time: 2021-08-26T15:07:19.652533Z
diff --git a/buf.yaml b/buf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..781f01f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version: v1beta1
+deps:
+    - buf.build/googleapis/googleapis
+    - buf.build/beta/opencensus
+    - buf.build/beta/prometheus
+    - buf.build/beta/opentelemetry
+    - buf.build/gogo/protobuf
+    - buf.build/beta/xds
+breaking:
+  ignore_unstable_packages: true
+  use:
+    - FIELD_SAME_ONEOF
+    - FIELD_SAME_JSON_NAME
+    - FIELD_SAME_NAME
+    - FIELD_SAME_TYPE
+    - FIELD_SAME_LABEL
+    - FILE_SAME_PACKAGE
+    - FIELD_NO_DELETE_UNLESS_NUMBER_RESERVED
+    - FIELD_NO_DELETE_UNLESS_NAME_RESERVED