diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 90c5e64..ce05b58 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 0.55.0 (October 2017)
+Version 0.55.0 (18 October 2017)
   * allow specification of node architecture with Warewulf (#92)
 
 Version 0.54.0 (01 June 2017)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 524456c..316ba4b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.54.0
+0.55.0
diff --git a/losf.spec b/losf.spec
index 776cbad..415826e 100644
--- a/losf.spec
+++ b/losf.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: A Linux operating system framework for managing HPC clusters
 Name: losf
-Version: 0.54.0
+Version: 0.55.0
 Release: 1
 License: GPL-2
 Group: System Environment/Base