diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac b/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
index 419c44817ad222ac0c4c15a841fd6035223066a9..61034e0fe40ffd2feb41ffb5cf7b262cb076cc1a 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 
-AC_INIT([gstlal-ugly],[1.5.4],[gstlal-discuss@ligo.org],[gstlal-ugly])
+AC_INIT([gstlal-ugly],[1.5.5],[gstlal-discuss@ligo.org],[gstlal-ugly])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) The authors (see source code for details)])
 # a file whose existance can be used to use to check that we are in the
 # top-level directory of the source tree
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/debian/changelog b/gstlal-ugly/debian/changelog
index 93e994b69de5af933d4ab7e4909f0c738f8da987..8d69c5905b87cb6ac8efb43cdc67d8a19b984029 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/debian/changelog
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gstlal-ugly (1.5.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * remove files accidentally included in 1.5.4
+
+ -- Kipp Cannon <kipp.cannon@ligo.org>  Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:00:47 +0900
+
 gstlal-ugly (1.5.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * packaging fixes