diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7599942e2f..b68c0c29d4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.5.5.pre6 to 1.5.5:
+
+
 1.5.5.pre5 to 1.5.5.pre6:
   - Remove check of RSE dump root_failed attr in MSUnmerged (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10894
 
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index 8ffa5967ea..a9cea787bd 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.5.5.pre6'
+__version__ = '1.5.5'
 __all__ = []