diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b3af8ab1d2f..4a859e317ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
-2011.08.01, Version 0.5.3 (unstable)
+2011.08.12, Version 0.5.4 (unstable)
+
+* libuv/Windows compatibility improvements
+
+* Build on Microsoft Visual Studio via GYP. Use generate-projects.bat in the
+  to build sln files. (Peter Bright, Igor Zinkovsky)
+
+* Make Mikeal's HTTP agent client the default. Use old HTTP client with
+  --use-http1
+
+* Fixes https host header default port handling. (Mikeal Rogers)
+
+* #1440 strip byte order marker when loading *.js and *.json files 
+  (Ben Noordhuis)
+
+* #1434 Improve util.format() compatibility with browser. (Koichi Kobayashi)
+
+* Provide unchecked uint entry points for integer Buffer.read/writeInt
+  methods. (Robert Mustacchi)
+
+* CMake improvements (Tom Huges)
+
+* Upgrade V8 to 3.5.4.
+
+
+2011.08.01, Version 0.5.3 (unstable), 4585330afef44ddfb6a4054bd9b0f190b352628b
 
 * Fix crypto encryption/decryption with Base64. (SAWADA Tadashi)
 
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index cb06bf52758..bf2a4d6b14f 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <li><a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a></li>
         <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
         <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.10/api">v0.4.10 docs</a></li>
-        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.5.3/api">v0.5.3 docs</a></li>
+        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.5.4/api">v0.5.4 docs</a></li>
         <br/>
         <li><a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki">Wiki</a></li>
         <li><a href="http://blog.nodejs.org/">Blog</a></li>
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
         <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.10/api/index.html">Documentation</a>
       </ul>
 
-      <p>2011.08.01 v0.5.3 (unstable)
+      <p>2011.08.12 v0.5.4 (unstable)
       <ul class="release">
-        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.3/node-v0.5.3.tar.gz"><code>node-v0.5.3.tar.gz</code> Source code</a>
-        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.3/node.exe"><code>node.exe</code> Windows executable</a>
-        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.5.3/api/index.html">Documentation</a>
+        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.4/node-v0.5.4.tar.gz"><code>node-v0.5.4.tar.gz</code> Source code</a>
+        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.4/node.exe"><code>node.exe</code> Windows executable</a>
+        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.5.4/api/index.html">Documentation</a>
       </ul>
 
 
diff --git a/doc/template.html b/doc/template.html
index 9085d82b6bf..a11b124d8e5 100644
--- a/doc/template.html
+++ b/doc/template.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-  <title>{{section}}Node.js v0.5.3 Manual &amp; Documentation</title>
+  <title>{{section}}Node.js v0.5.4 Manual &amp; Documentation</title>
   <link type="image/x-icon" rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
   <link type="image/x-icon" rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/style.css" type="text/css" media="all" />
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <body>
   <div id="container">
     <header>
-      <h1>Node.js v0.5.3 Manual &amp; Documentation</h1>
+      <h1>Node.js v0.5.4 Manual &amp; Documentation</h1>
       <div id="gtoc">
         <p><a href="index.html">Index</a> | <a href="all.html">View on single page</a></p>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index bb2e901575d..5f5b46b408a 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 0
 #define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 5
 #define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 4
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)
