diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 34ae7ff8..5af58d3d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2024-06-06 - V5.4.0
+* Small build fixes and code improvements
+  (#4241, #4243, #4244, #4245, #4246, #4248, #4249, #4250, #4253)
+
 2024-05-19 - V5.4.0-rc2
 * Fix setup of datadir on installations with Conda (issue #4230) (#4240)
 * Fix FP exception in Wordrec::angle_change (issue #4242) (#4243)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a7490b74..8a30e8f9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.4.0-rc2
+5.4.0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 378354b4..6444699b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects nostdinc])
 # Define date of package, etc. Could be useful in auto-generated
 # documentation.
 PACKAGE_YEAR=2024
-PACKAGE_DATE="05/19"
+PACKAGE_DATE="06/06"
 
 abs_top_srcdir=`AS_DIRNAME([$0])`