diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b7b502b1..2c67702f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ suggestions, ideas and improvements to FriendlyId.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 5.5.0 (2022-11-16)
+
 * SimpleI18n: Handle regional locales ([#965](https://github.com/norman/friendly_id/pull/965))
 * Fix: "unknown column" exception ([#943](https://github.com/norman/friendly_id/pull/943))
 * Add: `allow_nil: true` to the Finder ([#995](https://github.com/norman/friendly_id/pull/995) and [#997](https://github.com/norman/friendly_id/pull/997))
diff --git a/lib/friendly_id/version.rb b/lib/friendly_id/version.rb
index 8d5d3859..926e1beb 100644
--- a/lib/friendly_id/version.rb
+++ b/lib/friendly_id/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module FriendlyId
-  VERSION = "6.0.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.5.0".freeze
 end