diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 0332d1e..e255cef 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 0.5.5 -- 2024-11-01 -- PyPI__ -- docs__ -- diff__
+ * Set explicit ``.dylib`` path for macOS/arm64
+
+__ https://pypi.org/project/JACK-Client/0.5.5/
+__ https://jackclient-python.readthedocs.io/en/0.5.5/
+__ https://github.com/spatialaudio/jackclient-python/compare/0.5.4...0.5.5
+
 Version 0.5.4 -- 2022-06-04 -- PyPI__ -- docs__ -- diff__
  * drop Python 3.6 support
 
diff --git a/src/jack.py b/src/jack.py
index dec9cd7..e309214 100644
--- a/src/jack.py
+++ b/src/jack.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 http://jackclient-python.readthedocs.io/
 
 """
-__version__ = '0.5.4'
+__version__ = '0.5.5'
 
 from ctypes.util import find_library as _find_library
 import errno as _errno