diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c65a599f..47ca6ce8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+# 0.5.5
+docs: updates markdown docs to only have one h1 (#1418)
+feat: add fputc wrapper to IO (#1417)
+feat: register MAX and MIN macros for stdint types (#1412)
+fix: respect symbol modes on interface concretization (#1415)
+fix: respect let binding shadowing in memory management (#1413)
+feat: adds Dynamic.sort & improves output of failing dynamic tests (#1411)
+feat: implement blit on ByteOrder (#1410)
+chore: updates Stackage version to 19.2 (#1408)
+feat: don't manage blittable types (#1407)
+ci: re-enable Debug.sanitize on Windows (#1406)
+feat: add IO.fgetc (#1405)
+feat: support cons-last for arrays (#1402)
+refactor: project configuration get/set parity (#1400)
+ci: Fixes scoop install as admin user (#1399)
+feat: add c-name meta field (#1398)
+feat: add Dynamic.String.to-array (#1382)
+fix: mangle field names in setter templates (#1379)
+fix: fix leading % format in fmt (#1380)
+fix: #1347 by ignoring generically typed symbols on printing C (#1373)
+fix: nix install by using correct pkg-configDepends config key (#1372)
+fix: type signature of Array.unsafe-raw (#1375)
+docs: Instructions to ensure correct handling of utf-8 (#1367)
+
 # 0.5.4
 - refactor: Add type candidates and template generators (#1361)
 - fix: Ensure registered types with fields emit path (#1364)
diff --git a/CarpHask.cabal b/CarpHask.cabal
index 3d4fd115d..f5effcaf4 100644
--- a/CarpHask.cabal
+++ b/CarpHask.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                CarpHask
-version:             0.5.4.0
+version:             0.5.5.0
 -- synopsis:
 -- description:
 homepage:            https://github.com/eriksvedang/Carp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 528487e02..272cb63c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <i>WARNING! This is a research project and a lot of information here might become outdated and misleading without any explanation. Don't use it for anything important just yet!</i>
 
-<i>[Version 0.5.4 of the language is out!](https://github.com/carp-lang/Carp/releases/)</i>
+<i>[Version 0.5.5 of the language is out!](https://github.com/carp-lang/Carp/releases/)</i>
 
 ## About
 
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index fb0973b81..1838945a9 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ main = do
           >>= execStrs "Postload" postloads
           >>= \ctx -> case execMode of
             Repl -> do
-              putStrLn "Welcome to Carp 0.5.4"
+              putStrLn "Welcome to Carp 0.5.5"
               putStrLn "This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY."
               putStrLn "Evaluate (help) for more information."
               snd <$> runRepl ctx