diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: cpp11
 Title: A C++11 Interface for R's C Interface
-Version: 0.5.3.9000
+Version: 0.5.4
 Authors@R:
     c(
       person("Davis", "Vaughan", email = "davis@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4777-038X")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# cpp11 (development version)
+# cpp11 0.5.4
 
 * Removed non-API usage of `R_NamespaceRegistry`.