diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c52db9804044d3f4965e264bfe9253ccb534da2d..167b000b4d3c7c3dac98df16da9d14c916efc852 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.3
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+0.5.4
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