diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 1d06895f2..4c2139631 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.55.0
+
 * Allow enums to allow them to have their own schemas in OpenAPI. To support [samuelcolvin/pydantic#1432](https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic/pull/1432) in FastAPI. PR [#1461](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1461).
 * Add links for funding through [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/tiangolo). PR [#1425](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1425).
 * Update issue template for for questions. PR [#1344](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1344) by [@retnikt](https://github.com/retnikt).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index cda5248ef..3566b321d 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__ = "0.54.2"
+__version__ = "0.55.0"
 
 from starlette import status