diff --git a/ants/__init__.py b/ants/__init__.py
index e7bc203e..8251774a 100644
--- a/ants/__init__.py
+++ b/ants/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-__version__ = '0.5.3'
+__version__ = '0.5.4'
 
 from .core import *
 from .label import *
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 from .plotting import *
 from .registration import *
 from .segmentation import *
-from .utils import *
\ No newline at end of file
+from .utils import *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75f426fc..f7f74713 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "antspyx"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 description = "A fast medical imaging analysis library in Python with algorithms for registration, segmentation, and more."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"