diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e6aab7..9ced77a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /nixpy-1.5.2.tar.gz
 /nixpy-1.5.3.tar.gz
 /nixpy-1.5.3-filtered.tar.gz
+/nixpy-1.5.4-filtered.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-nixio.spec b/python-nixio.spec
index dae904b..44a2e76 100644
--- a/python-nixio.spec
+++ b/python-nixio.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global forgeurl    https://github.com/G-node/nixpy
 
 Name:       python-nixio
-Version:    1.5.3
+Version:    1.5.4
 Release:    %autorelease
 Summary:    Python bindings for NIX
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c783ccb..96c2c29 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (nixpy-1.5.3-filtered.tar.gz) = 00472f0666b4313124b90b8f14219d1f2a5e56e7174b4eaa2174a7d88a3251513f5fc279d49c1b19dbca3c1c5470ae90049347370e94077aeda24c4db1e5e786
+SHA512 (nixpy-1.5.4-filtered.tar.gz) = 7842e1643df0b234b8de7f8c1c30875ad70ed2681561ecf570ffff2849f60ea9510e7dba3b6544e8f507eed2583925d52d29c348cc49b2d5da0a22c686e3173d