diff --git a/components/package.json b/components/package.json
index 4a2c6e5644e..d9500b421b6 100644
--- a/components/package.json
+++ b/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "defectdojo",
-  "version": "2.53.0-dev",
+  "version": "2.54.0-dev",
   "license" : "BSD-3-Clause",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/docs/content/en/open_source/upgrading/2.54.md b/docs/content/en/open_source/upgrading/2.54.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5a492696ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/en/open_source/upgrading/2.54.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: 'Upgrading to DefectDojo Version 2.54.x'
+toc_hide: true
+weight: -20251201
+description: No special instructions.
+---
+There are no special instructions for upgrading to 2.54.x. Check the [Release Notes](https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/releases/tag/2.54.0) for the contents of the release.
diff --git a/dojo/__init__.py b/dojo/__init__.py
index 75c2142e9d9..7337d10b9c1 100644
--- a/dojo/__init__.py
+++ b/dojo/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
 from .celery import app as celery_app  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = "2.53.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.54.0-dev"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo"
 __docs__ = "https://documentation.defectdojo.com"
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
index 66202ee7db2..ca8df8c043f 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: "2.53.0-dev"
+appVersion: "2.54.0-dev"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes to install DefectDojo
 name: defectdojo
-version: 1.9.0-dev
+version: 1.9.1-dev
 icon: https://defectdojo.com/hubfs/DefectDojo_favicon.png
 maintainers:
   - name: madchap
@@ -34,14 +34,4 @@ dependencies:
 #     description: Critical bug
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/prerelease: "true"
-  artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: added
-      description: Added HPA and PDB for celery worker and Django
-    - kind: fixed
-      description: extraAnnotations spec doesn't affect initializer job
-    - kind: changed
-      description: chore(deps)_ update gcr.io/cloudsql_docker/gce_proxy docker tag from 1.37.9 to v1.37.10 (helm/defectdojo/values.yaml)
-    - kind: changed
-      description: chore(deps)_ update nginx/nginx_prometheus_exporter docker tag from 1.4.2 to v1.5.1 (helm/defectdojo/values.yaml)
-    - kind: changed
-      description: Replace Redis with Valkey
+  artifacthub.io/changes: ""
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/README.md b/helm/defectdojo/README.md
index fbb4e0bbbcc..214efff7835 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/README.md
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/README.md
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ The HELM schema will be generated for you.
 
 # General information about chart values
 
-![Version: 1.9.0-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.9.0--dev-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.53.0-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.53.0--dev-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.9.1-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.9.1--dev-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.54.0-dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.54.0--dev-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for Kubernetes to install DefectDojo