bump to 0.5.4
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 469b1c5..dbc4005 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.5.4 - May 13 2016
+-------------------
+* bugfix for C version of damerau_levenshtein thanks to Tyler Sellon
+
 0.5.3 - March 15 2016
 ---------------------
 * style/packaging changes
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f11d8ce..d0b35dd 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.5'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5.3'
+release = '0.5.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76c1540..3e51bf8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         long_description = readme.read()
 
     setup(name="jellyfish",
-          version="0.5.3",
+          version="0.5.4",
           platforms=["any"],
           description=("a library for doing approximate and "
                        "phonetic matching of strings."),