diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d75d28..56545f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.54.1] - 2024-12-31
+
 - release: dist files needs to be built
 
 ## [v0.54.0] - 2024-12-31
@@ -423,6 +425,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Initial minial working example
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.4.2...main
+[v0.54.1]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.54.0...v0.54.1
 [v0.54.0]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.53.3...v0.54.0
 [v0.53.3]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.53.2...v0.53.3
 [v0.53.2]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.53.1...v0.53.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17578cf..df0d495 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ license = "BSD-2-Clause"
 name = "cmeel"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-version = "0.54.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 build = [