diff --git a/build.properties.default b/build.properties.default
index 678f463..123708b 100644
--- a/build.properties.default
+++ b/build.properties.default
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # ----- Version Control Flags -----
 version.major=8
 version.minor=0
-version.build=53
+version.build=54
 version.patch=0
 version.suffix=-dev
 
diff --git a/res/maven/mvn.properties.default b/res/maven/mvn.properties.default
index dccf532..1a151ce 100644
--- a/res/maven/mvn.properties.default
+++ b/res/maven/mvn.properties.default
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 maven.asf.release.repo.repositoryId=apache.releases
 
 # Release version info
-maven.asf.release.deploy.version=8.0.53
+maven.asf.release.deploy.version=8.0.54
 
 #Where do we load the libraries from
 tomcat.lib.path=../../output/build/lib
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index ca3a9f2..71b4a07 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
   They eventually become mixed with the numbered issues. (I.e., numbered
   issues do not "pop up" wrt. others).
 -->
-<section name="Tomcat 8.0.53 (violetagg)" rtext="In development">
+<section name="Tomcat 8.0.54 (violetagg)" rtext="In development">
+</section>
+<section name="Tomcat 8.0.53 (violetagg)" rtext="Release in progress">
   <subsection name="Catalina">
     <changelog>
       <fix>