diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94fc9cad1..9ca80e744 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.5.4
 
 **Fixes**:
 
diff --git a/include/sentry.h b/include/sentry.h
index b4d098f9a..3e5f16a87 100644
--- a/include/sentry.h
+++ b/include/sentry.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #        define SENTRY_SDK_NAME "sentry.native"
 #    endif
 #endif
-#define SENTRY_SDK_VERSION "0.5.3"
+#define SENTRY_SDK_VERSION "0.5.4"
 #define SENTRY_SDK_USER_AGENT SENTRY_SDK_NAME "/" SENTRY_SDK_VERSION
 
 /* common platform detection */
diff --git a/tests/assertions.py b/tests/assertions.py
index f86c8df18..9ecc88fd2 100644
--- a/tests/assertions.py
+++ b/tests/assertions.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ def assert_meta(
     }
     expected_sdk = {
         "name": "sentry.native",
-        "version": "0.5.3",
+        "version": "0.5.4",
         "packages": [
-            {"name": "github:getsentry/sentry-native", "version": "0.5.3"},
+            {"name": "github:getsentry/sentry-native", "version": "0.5.4"},
         ],
     }
     if is_android:
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_http.py b/tests/test_integration_http.py
index 7889e0e84..ebf69be4f 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration_http.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(not has_http, reason="tests need http")
 
 auth_header = (
-    "Sentry sentry_key=uiaeosnrtdy, sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry.native/0.5.3"
+    "Sentry sentry_key=uiaeosnrtdy, sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry.native/0.5.4"
 )