diff --git a/Documentation/getting-started-ubuntu-trusty.md b/Documentation/getting-started-ubuntu-trusty.md
index bd1ebbd..ca2fb3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/getting-started-ubuntu-trusty.md
+++ b/Documentation/getting-started-ubuntu-trusty.md
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ vagrant up --provider virtualbox
 vagrant ssh
 sudo su
 
-wget https://github.com/coreos/rkt/releases/download/v0.5.3/rkt-v0.5.3.tar.gz
-tar xzvf rkt-v0.5.3.tar.gz
-cd rkt-v0.5.3
+wget https://github.com/coreos/rkt/releases/download/v0.5.4/rkt-v0.5.4.tar.gz
+tar xzvf rkt-v0.5.4.tar.gz
+cd rkt-v0.5.4
 ./rkt help
 ```
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef1a669..9ce5f13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Check out the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md) for more details on the future of rkt.
 To download the `rkt` binary, simply grab the latest release directly from GitHub:
 
 ```
-wget https://github.com/coreos/rkt/releases/download/v0.5.3/rkt-v0.5.3.tar.gz
-tar xzvf rkt-v0.5.3.tar.gz
-cd rkt-v0.5.3
+wget https://github.com/coreos/rkt/releases/download/v0.5.4/rkt-v0.5.4.tar.gz
+tar xzvf rkt-v0.5.4.tar.gz
+cd rkt-v0.5.4
 ./rkt help
 ```
 
diff --git a/pkg/aci/aci.go b/pkg/aci/aci.go
index 70d7dfa..b526ed9 100644
--- a/pkg/aci/aci.go
+++ b/pkg/aci/aci.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (aw *imageArchiveWriter) Close() error {
 // NewBasicACI creates a new ACI in the given directory with the given name.
 // Used for testing.
 func NewBasicACI(dir string, name string) (*os.File, error) {
-	manifest := fmt.Sprintf(`{"acKind":"ImageManifest","acVersion":"0.5.3","name":"%s"}`, name)
+	manifest := fmt.Sprintf(`{"acKind":"ImageManifest","acVersion":"0.5.4","name":"%s"}`, name)
 	return NewACI(dir, manifest, nil)
 }
 
diff --git a/rkt/fetch_test.go b/rkt/fetch_test.go
index cc5de4a..c310fa3 100644
--- a/rkt/fetch_test.go
+++ b/rkt/fetch_test.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestDownloading(t *testing.T) {
 
 	imj := `{
 			"acKind": "ImageManifest",
-			"acVersion": "0.5.3",
+			"acVersion": "0.5.4",
 			"name": "example.com/test01"
 		}`
 
diff --git a/stage1/rootfs/aggregate/aci-manifest b/stage1/rootfs/aggregate/aci-manifest
index 8c45186..5a6bbf2 100644
--- a/stage1/rootfs/aggregate/aci-manifest
+++ b/stage1/rootfs/aggregate/aci-manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "acKind": "ImageManifest",
-    "acVersion": "0.5.3",
+    "acVersion": "0.5.4",
     "name": "coreos.com/rkt/stage1",
     "labels": [
         {
diff --git a/store/store_test.go b/store/store_test.go
index 17327e6..c87316e 100644
--- a/store/store_test.go
+++ b/store/store_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestGetImageManifest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	imj := `{
 			"acKind": "ImageManifest",
-			"acVersion": "0.5.3",
+			"acVersion": "0.5.4",
 			"name": "example.com/test01"
 		}`
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestTreeStore(t *testing.T) {
 	imj := `
 		{
 		    "acKind": "ImageManifest",
-		    "acVersion": "0.5.3",
+		    "acVersion": "0.5.4",
 		    "name": "example.com/test01"
 		}
 	`
diff --git a/store/tree_test.go b/store/tree_test.go
index 488a905..4e434fd 100644
--- a/store/tree_test.go
+++ b/store/tree_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func treeStoreWriteACI(dir string, s *Store) (string, error) {
 	imj := `
 		{
 		    "acKind": "ImageManifest",
-		    "acVersion": "0.5.3",
+		    "acVersion": "0.5.4",
 		    "name": "example.com/test01"
 		}
 	`
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 87bc54b..57d0fef 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 package version
 
-const Version = "0.5.3+git"
+const Version = "0.5.4"