diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 940f7263ac77019db8eeb1786174d448e0463e96..7a6a478296fe47096651f48077120f07bd9d4082 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.5.5
+This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
+potential bugs.
+
 ## 2.5.4
 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 34431d5dee31d8e44d4fdc40f9eacd3b102a2776..5168e941020f120c518dab6b8a3f4bc4a4bd4578 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>2.5.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.5</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>