diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts-for-veracode.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts-for-veracode.yml
index 0ca3928c7..08e49a065 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts-for-veracode.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-artifacts-for-veracode.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
+
       - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@0ab4596768b603586c0de567f2430c30f5b0d2b0 # v3.13.0
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d # v3.0.0
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 32bc9525e..6ae910b36 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v5.3.0
+v5.4.0