diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d252245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# elabapi-python changelog
+
+## 5.0.2 - February 19th 2024
+
+* Update swagger-codegen to 3.0.54 (see https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/discussions/3930)
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 3338a44..ae8ece8 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "packageName": "elabapi_python",
   "pythonPackageName": "elabapi_python",
   "projectName": "elabapi-python",
-  "packageVersion": "5.0.1",
+  "packageVersion": "5.0.2",
   "packageUrl": "https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python"
 }
diff --git a/helper.sh b/helper.sh
index 578b972..18c10e8 100755
--- a/helper.sh
+++ b/helper.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 
 # the docker image used to generate the client code
-# not running latest version because of https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/issues/12321
-# FIXME update to latest once this issue is fixed
-docker_image="swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli-v3:3.0.41"
+# pinning version to avoid unexpected bugs
+# see https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen/releases for updating version below
+docker_image="swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli-v3:3.0.54"
 # where to grab the definition file
 openapi_yaml_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elabftw/elabftw/hypernext/apidoc/v2/openapi.yaml"
 # folder with the generated python code
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ function cleanup {
 # generate the lib from remote hypernext spec
 function generate {
     cleanup
-    docker run --user "$(id -u)":"$(id -gn)" --rm -v "${PWD}":/local "$docker_image" generate -i "$openapi_yaml_url" -l python -o /local/"$lib" -c /local/config.json --git-user-id elabftw --git-repo-id elabapi-python
+    docker run --user "$(id -u)":"$(id -u)" --rm -v "${PWD}":/local "$docker_image" generate -i "$openapi_yaml_url" -l python -o /local/"$lib" -c /local/config.json --git-user-id elabftw --git-repo-id elabapi-python
 }
 
 function generate-html {
     cleanup
-    docker run --user "$(id -u)":"$(id -gn)" --rm -v "${PWD}":/local "$docker_image" generate -i "$openapi_yaml_url" -l html2 -o /local/"$html" -c /local/config.json --git-user-id elabftw --git-repo-id elabapi-python
+    docker run --user "$(id -u)":"$(id -u)" --rm -v "${PWD}":/local "$docker_image" generate -i "$openapi_yaml_url" -l html2 -o /local/"$html" -c /local/config.json --git-user-id elabftw --git-repo-id elabapi-python
 }
 
 # don't use user/group ids in GH actions