diff --git a/segno/__init__.py b/segno/__init__.py
index fe0b043f..ebd1ba46 100644
--- a/segno/__init__.py
+++ b/segno/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 except NameError:  # pragma: no cover
     str_type = str
 
-__version__ = '1.5.3'
+__version__ = '1.5.4.dev'
 
 __all__ = ('make', 'make_qr', 'make_micro', 'make_sequence', 'QRCode',
            'QRCodeSequence', 'DataOverflowError')