diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
index 8fc80722ef6f39e6126b9b111eaeeccba33b6732..8fc0c9cef922ed2273741f090bd6dd547e4aace0 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 
-AC_INIT([gstlal-calibration],[0.5.3],[gstlal-discuss@ligo.org],[gstlal-calibration])
+AC_INIT([gstlal-calibration],[0.5.4],[gstlal-discuss@ligo.org],[gstlal-calibration])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 2008--2015 Madeline Wade])
 # 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-calibration/debian/changelog b/gstlal-calibration/debian/changelog
index fc546a31fd92e2129863819fbff3cefd18e845fa..70066a81335113b73ad639508e426927dd6db0c1 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/debian/changelog
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gstlal-calibration (0.5.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Bug fixes and a few small feature additions including averaging
+    calibration factors
+
+ -- Madeline Wade <madeline.wade@ligo.org>  Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:11:00 -0500
+
 gstlal-calibration (0.5.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Allow more general naming scheme for output channels