diff --git a/.release b/.release
index baddade..c1ca875 100644
--- a/.release
+++ b/.release
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-release=1.5.3
-tag=1.5.3
+release=1.5.4
+tag=1.5.4
 pre_tag_command=sed -i '' -e 's/version="[^"]*"/version="@@RELEASE@@"/g' setup.py && sed -i '' -e 's^\(ghcr.io/binxio/wordpress-markdown-blog-loader:\)[^ \t]*^\1@@RELEASE@@^g' README.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39cf790..0f6c0fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ alias wp-md='docker run \
  -v $HOME:$HOME \
  -v $HOME/.wordpress.ini:/root/.wordpress.ini \
  -v $PWD:/$PWD \
- -w $PWD ghcr.io/binxio/wordpress-markdown-blog-loader:1.5.3
+ -w $PWD ghcr.io/binxio/wordpress-markdown-blog-loader:1.5.4
 ```'
 Assuming that your WordPress app password is stored in the 1password Private vault under the name `wordpress app password`
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1224d41..064515d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="wordpress-markdown-blog-loader",
-    version="1.5.3",
+    version="1.5.4",
     url="https://github.com/binxio/wordpress-markdown-blog-loader",
     license="APL2",
     author="Mark van Holsteijn",