diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cc3ca2fce0c8495c55b994bed26ce556e0b0286..940f7263ac77019db8eeb1786174d448e0463e96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.5.4
+This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
+potential bugs.
+
 ## 2.5.3
 This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
 potential bugs.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76ab8f671d3584764c73f925a7a0e3e7c16838be..cdfdb7b6765a8e905a63eddbf3606ccaaa400c21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.4</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>