diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9edce45bb..439780b87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog 
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.54.0
 
 - switch back from `sqlx` to `rusqlite` due to performance regressions #2380 #2381 #2385 #2387
 
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
 
 - add "Forwarded:" to notification and chatlist summaries #2310
 
-- place user avatar directly into `Chat-User-Avatar` header #2232
+- place user avatar directly into `Chat-User-Avatar` header #2232 #2384
 
 - improve tests #2360 #2362 #2370 #2377 #2387
 
 - cleanup #2359 #2361 #2374 #2376 #2379 #2388
 
+
 ## 1.53.0
 
 - fix sqlx performance regression #2355 2356
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a40102a94..acc5f3ea4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.53.0"
+version = "1.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.53.0"
+version = "1.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2673acae3..df51317e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.53.0"
+version = "1.54.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index f54a3cc00..1dfb7d72c 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.53.0"
+version = "1.54.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"