diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2097cb9d..31210019 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [project]
 name = "TagStudio"
 description = "A User-Focused Photo & File Management System."
-version = "9.5.3"
+version = "9.5.4"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<3.13"
diff --git a/src/tagstudio/core/constants.py b/src/tagstudio/core/constants.py
index 2c8eca3b..a7f4dd5c 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/constants.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/constants.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
 
-VERSION: str = "9.5.3"  # Major.Minor.Patch
+VERSION: str = "9.5.4"  # Major.Minor.Patch
 VERSION_BRANCH: str = ""  # Usually "" or "Pre-Release"
 
 # The folder & file names where TagStudio keeps its data relative to a library.