diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 298eb94..f0e29c5 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // AppVersion is displayed by all command line tools
-const AppVersion = "1.5.3"
+const AppVersion = "1.5.4"
 
 // Work represents the input for a conversion of a single record to JSON
 type Work struct {
diff --git a/debian/marctools/DEBIAN/control b/debian/marctools/DEBIAN/control
index 1b31939..5d3c393 100644
--- a/debian/marctools/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/debian/marctools/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: marctools
-Version: 1.5.3
+Version: 1.5.4
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
diff --git a/packaging/marctools.spec b/packaging/marctools.spec
index 3ea8d49..8baa047 100644
--- a/packaging/marctools.spec
+++ b/packaging/marctools.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:    Various MARC command line utils in Go
 Name:       marctools
-Version:    1.5.3
+Version:    1.5.4
 Release:    0
 License:    GPLv3
 BuildArch:  x86_64