diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4a16c1..a8f254d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Invenio Remote User Data Service for Knowledge Commons Works
 
-Version 0.5.4-beta0
+Version 0.5.5-beta0
 
 * Beta release *
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 31956a7..9667060 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"0.5.4-beta0"
\ No newline at end of file
+"0.5.5-beta0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/invenio_remote_user_data_kcworks/__init__.py b/invenio_remote_user_data_kcworks/__init__.py
index 64ae3ce..00f9a56 100644
--- a/invenio_remote_user_data_kcworks/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_remote_user_data_kcworks/__init__.py
@@ -229,6 +229,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 from .ext import InvenioRemoteUserData
 
-__version__ = "0.5.4-beta0"
+__version__ = "0.5.5-beta0"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioRemoteUserData")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5998b7..5d8259d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "invenio-remote-user-data-kcworks"
-version = "0.5.4-beta0"
+version = "0.5.5-beta0"
 description = "An extension to draw user data from remote sources into the Knowledge Commons Works InvenioRDM instance"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Mesh Research", email = "scottia4@msu.edu" }]