diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60c251864..82d7c5690 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.55.0] - 2023-10-11
+
 Added:
 
   * `/workflow` endpoint that can handle `ocrd process` workflows and distribute jobs page-wise across workers, #1083, #1105, #1108, #1109
@@ -1827,6 +1829,7 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.55.0]: ../../compare/v2.55.0..v2.54.0
 [2.54.0]: ../../compare/v2.54.0..v2.53.0
 [2.53.0]: ../../compare/v2.53.0..v2.52.0
 [2.52.0]: ../../compare/v2.52.0..v2.51.0
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index f525b0b12..02f9ae84f 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.54.0',
+    version='2.55.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',