diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index b25a6511..b0e2e610 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "15.2.0"
+  ".": "15.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21249147..5b8c6724 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [15.3.0](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/compare/v15.2.0...v15.3.0) (2025-09-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **copilot:** use `blink-copilot` as blink.cmp copilot source ([#5551](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/5551)) ([13069f2](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/13069f20183655d8a02f3acbd21d0ac4c9ce811c))
+* **treesitter:** show an error if the user tries to set a custom treesitter compiler ([89ff1fd](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/89ff1fd600bb6ff4cf2c9edbc2217a40ecb8d160))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **jdtls:** allow mason jdtls installation ([#6498](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/6498)) ([80990ec](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/80990ec62fd36fc4b6b921a9041f55858e33e030))
+* **jdtls:** bundle configuration bug fix ([#6499](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/6499)) ([c423765](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/c4237659621e406089f4d13d32192954d52c4924))
+* **keymaps:** enable snacks git keybindings ([#6323](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/6323)) ([720e06a](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/720e06a908cbf6e3afb4eccc049d58df9ace770a))
+* **lsp:** fix mason install/exclude. Closes [#6504](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/6504) ([37b1ec4](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/37b1ec41ae57e8396d5c923a4bfdf7050215b4d6))
+* **lsp:** fixup for when not using mason ([a90b565](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/a90b56518f4f2291985952d79472d4f935c0bad0))
+* **luasnip:** add missing optional tag to garymjr/nvim-snippets ([#5733](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/5733)) ([37a1c1a](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/37a1c1af5dbbcf069bb94a71b4dda3626fbda77a))
+* **vtsls:** fix and move denols/vtsls disambigutaion to typescript extra. Fixes [#6476](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/issues/6476) ([775621a](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/commit/775621ac0af42486ef1cd4254d1a6625a190040b))
+
 ## [15.2.0](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/compare/v15.1.1...v15.2.0) (2025-09-20)
 
 
diff --git a/doc/LazyVim.txt b/doc/LazyVim.txt
index e454f9cf..dbeb4819 100644
--- a/doc/LazyVim.txt
+++ b/doc/LazyVim.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*LazyVim.txt*             For Neovim            Last change: 2025 September 22
+*LazyVim.txt*             For Neovim            Last change: 2025 September 23
 
 ==============================================================================
 Table of Contents                                  *LazyVim-table-of-contents*
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
index e85dbd63..1d288cd2 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _G.LazyVim = require("lazyvim.util")
 ---@class LazyVimConfig: LazyVimOptions
 local M = {}
 
-M.version = "15.2.0" -- x-release-please-version
+M.version = "15.3.0" -- x-release-please-version
 LazyVim.config = M
 
 ---@class LazyVimOptions
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/java.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/java.lua
index 28441c5c..4dd1d77f 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/java.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/java.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ return {
       servers = {
         jdtls = {},
       },
+      setup = {
+        jdtls = function()
+          return true -- avoid duplicate servers
+        end,
+      },
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/lsp/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/lsp/init.lua
index 4be74c82..2fe3ae97 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/lsp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/lsp/init.lua
@@ -187,37 +187,36 @@ return {
       local mason_all = have_mason
           and vim.tbl_keys(require("mason-lspconfig.mappings").get_mason_map().lspconfig_to_package)
         or {} --[[ @as string[] ]]
+      local mason_exclude = {} ---@type string[]
 
       ---@return boolean? exclude automatic setup
       local function configure(server)
         local sopts = opts.servers[server]
         sopts = sopts == true and {} or (not sopts) and { enabled = false } or sopts --[[@as lazyvim.lsp.Config]]
+
         if sopts.enabled == false then
-          return true
+          mason_exclude[#mason_exclude + 1] = server
+          return
         end
 
+        local use_mason = sopts.mason ~= false and vim.tbl_contains(mason_all, server)
         local setup = opts.setup[server] or opts.setup["*"]
         if setup and setup(server, sopts) then
-          return true -- lsp will be configured and enabled by the setup function
-        end
-
-        vim.lsp.config(server, sopts) -- configure the server
-
-        -- manually enable if mason=false or if this is a server that cannot be installed with mason-lspconfig
-        if sopts.mason == false or not vim.tbl_contains(mason_all, server) then
-          vim.lsp.enable(server)
-          return true
+          mason_exclude[#mason_exclude + 1] = server
+        else
+          vim.lsp.config(server, sopts) -- configure the server
+          if not use_mason then
+            vim.lsp.enable(server)
+          end
         end
+        return use_mason
       end
 
-      local servers = vim.tbl_keys(opts.servers)
-      local exclude = vim.tbl_filter(configure, servers)
+      local install = vim.tbl_filter(configure, vim.tbl_keys(opts.servers))
       if have_mason then
         require("mason-lspconfig").setup({
-          ensure_installed = vim.tbl_filter(function(server)
-            return not vim.tbl_contains(exclude, server)
-          end, vim.list_extend(servers, LazyVim.opts("mason-lspconfig.nvim").ensure_installed or {})),
-          automatic_enable = { exclude = exclude },
+          ensure_installed = vim.list_extend(install, LazyVim.opts("mason-lspconfig.nvim").ensure_installed or {}),
+          automatic_enable = { exclude = mason_exclude },
         })
       end
     end),