diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index dfc7d8ecbf..ea2327974c 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # }}}
 
 
-{{{ 5.4.0 2020-10-30
+{{{ 5.4.1 2020-10-30
 
 :: new features
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 16c887737c..b75d705d0d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, environ_item, hasenv, getenv
 import sys, locale, codecs, os, collections
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (5, 4, 0)
+numeric_version = (5, 4, 1)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(unicode_type, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"