diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7554e32..97956be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /0.4.6.tar.gz
 /0.5.0.tar.gz
 /0.5.1.tar.gz
+/0.5.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index cdbb19d..08a95c9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fc335fbe597f2026b6d9255e8cf8f1bf  0.5.1.tar.gz
+bd01e993c41d02e09ebc4a154b7534eb  0.5.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/vertica-python.spec b/vertica-python.spec
index e358c00..2d114ea 100644
--- a/vertica-python.spec
+++ b/vertica-python.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
 
 Name:           vertica-python
-Version:        0.5.1
+Version:        0.5.4
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A native Python adapter for the Vertica database
 
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ vertica-python is a native Python adapter for the Vertica
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 01 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.5.4-1
+- update to version 0.5.4
+
 * Wed Sep 23 2015 Jakub Jedelsky <jakub.jedelsky@gmail.com> - 0.5.1-1
 - update to version 0.5.1