diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index bdf0dac..0aabd50 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ app.default_key = generate_user_key()
 app.no_cookie_ips = []
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.urandom(32)
 app.config['SESSION_TYPE'] = 'filesystem'
-app.config['VERSION_NUMBER'] = '0.5.3'
+app.config['VERSION_NUMBER'] = '0.5.4'
 app.config['APP_ROOT'] = os.getenv(
     'APP_ROOT',
     os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 27f7bbe..ce994c7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     author='Ben Busby',
     author_email='benbusby@protonmail.com',
     name='whoogle-search',
-    version='0.5.3',
+    version='0.5.4',
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requirements,
     description='Self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine',