diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 9a267b498..2743f3f47 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.54.0
+
 * Fix grammatical mistakes in async docs. PR [#1188](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1188) by [@mickeypash](https://github.com/mickeypash).
 * Add support for `response_model_exclude_defaults` and `response_model_exclude_none`:
     * Deprecate the parameter `include_none` in `jsonable_encoder` and add the inverted `exclude_none`, to keep in sync with Pydantic.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 99334962d..b2cfecfe7 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.53.2"
+__version__ = "0.54.0"
 
 from starlette import status