diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d127a63..f1817af 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Maintainer (after 1.5.2 release)
+
+  Michael D. Smith
+
+
 Cmake build system
 
   Kimball Thurston
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f9d592a..4045717 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.5.4:
+  * add CI for various platforms
+  * add support for FreeBSD
+  * fix strict aliasing violations
+  * fix compile warning and deprecations on MacOS
+  * fix build using openexr2 static
+  * fix build using openexr2 shared (iex_debug trap issue)
+  * Disambiguate clamp() calls
+  * change SOVERSION to use MAJOR.MINOR format instead of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
+
 Version 1.5.3:
   * Fix compile bug preventing compilation on Ubuntu Focal and later
   * Fix valgrind and address santizer errors that caused runtime crashes and CI failures
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bcc7ac3..4f19af3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
-project(CTL VERSION 1.5.3)
+project(CTL VERSION 1.5.4)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 7b1adbc..cdaf533 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "ctl", 
-    "version": "1.5.3",
+    "version": "1.5.4",
     "dependencies": [
         "imath",
         "openexr",