diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 7247deb00..70d524f0e 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.54.1
+
 * Update database test setup. PR [#1226](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1226).
 * Improve test debugging by showing response text in failing tests. PR [#1222](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1222) by [@samuelcolvin](https://github.com/samuelcolvin).
 
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index b2cfecfe7..2c2612f2d 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__ = "0.54.0"
+__version__ = "0.54.1"
 
 from starlette import status