diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a31b50172f930a65369b1fdf2766f469a1ab1ec2..606c33c3d0852b49d7019765ecaf7c6f55f66d61 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <property name="php-cs-fixers" value="no_blank_lines_before_namespaces,function_call_space,trailing_spaces,unused_use,lowercase_keywords,encoding,parenthesis,php_closing_tag,visibility,duplicate_semicolon,extra_empty_lines,no_blank_lines_after_class_opening,no_empty_lines_after_phpdocs,operators_spaces,spaces_before_semicolon,ternary_spaces,concat_with_spaces,short_array_syntax,phpdoc_no_access,remove_leading_slash_use" />
 
 
-  <property name="version" value="2.5.3" />
+  <property name="version" value="2.5.4" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index acf4a1bacdb3241d53637db3d6e9ebff33efaf72..7c1813e05d2a26a92ef404ecabd9f48e427b337b 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bookBagMaxSize = 100
 ; Display bulk items (export, save, etc.) and checkboxes on search result screens?
 showBulkOptions = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 2.5.3"
+generator = "VuFind 2.5.4"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index a5603e16faee0d08ebc019e3560fc9fe7d1639c8..cf5fe4dbd4eeff689e0c43154024070ce77b5e2c 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 2.5.4 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 2.5.4 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 25 Apr 2016 07:12:54 UTC
+
 vufind 2.5.3 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 2.5.3 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index ad81b4f1ad89225ffb3861216b87fda371f2011e..ec211fb955c1004d5ee2514808e9d499e166d808 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind2
-Version: 2.5.3
+Version: 2.5.4
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all