diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 60be3eb1..fc224b75 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ python_variables: &python_variables
   CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS: /tmp/circleci-artifacts
   CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS: /tmp/circleci-test-results
   CODECOV_TOKEN: b0d35139-0a75-427a-907b-2c78a762f8f0
-  VERSION: 1.53.0
+  VERSION: 1.54.0
   PANDOC_RELEASES_URL: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases
   RUN_BLACK: true
 python: &python
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2359e454..85fc06dc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### 1.54.0 (2021-8-6)
+* [#545](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/545): added "concatenate" & "replace" string column builders
+* updated lodash loading to use tree-shaking
+* [#544](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/544): fixed issue with loading missingno plots
+* used plotly.js partial distribution to lower egg size
+
 ### 1.53.0 (2021-7-28)
 * updated "Charts" page to handle dark-mode
 * [#539](https://github.com/man-group/dtale/issues/539): "Substring" & "Split By Character" column builders
diff --git a/docker/dtale.env b/docker/dtale.env
index ed3fc601..c3e6ea8e 100644
--- a/docker/dtale.env
+++ b/docker/dtale.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION=1.53.0
+VERSION=1.54.0
 TZ=America/New_York
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index bd9ccaaa..e059b49c 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u"1.53.0"
+version = u"1.54.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u"1.53.0"
+release = u"1.54.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a53c405..90351c56 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dtale",
-  "version": "1.53.0",
+  "version": "1.54.0",
   "description": "Visualizer for Pandas Data Structures",
   "main": "main.js",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9df2299e..c6f5181e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 setup(
     name="dtale",
-    version="1.53.0",
+    version="1.54.0",
     author="MAN Alpha Technology",
     author_email="ManAlphaTech@man.com",
     description="Web Client for Visualizing Pandas Objects",