diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b96e4bff..e03a5727a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PROJECT (dfhack)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/Modules)
-SET ( DFHACK_VERSION "0.5.4" )
+SET ( DFHACK_VERSION "0.5.5" )
 
 # Set this to project source dir. When dfhack is used
 # as a submodule, CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR is not pointing to