diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 393be7e2..7466a0c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ seems to end somewhere around 2014 we started our own fork that now has many imp
 ### Project News
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-### Latest release Version 2.53.0 / September 18, 2021
+### Latest release Version 2.54.0 / October 17, 2021
 
 For maven, you would add:
 
     <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>neko-htmlunit</artifactId>
-        <version>2.53.0</version>
+        <version>2.54.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 ### Latest CI build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ If you use maven please add:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>neko-htmlunit</artifactId>
-        <version>2.54.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.55.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 You have to add the sonatype snapshot repository to your pom distributionManagement section also:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab93151d..7f84682f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>neko-htmlunit</artifactId>
-    <version>2.54.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.54.0</version>
     <name>HtmlUnit NekoHtml</name>
     <organization>
         <name>Gargoyle Software Inc.</name>