diff --git a/pyEPR/__init__.py b/pyEPR/__init__.py
index f15ea58..18d7f81 100644
--- a/pyEPR/__init__.py
+++ b/pyEPR/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 @author: Zlatko Minev, Zaki Leghas, ... and the pyEPR team
 @site: https://github.com/zlatko-minev/pyEPR
 @license: "BSD-3-Clause"
-@version: 0.8.5.3
+@version: 0.8.5.4
 @maintainer: Zlatko K. Minev and  Asaf Diringer
 @email: zlatko.minev@aya.yale.edu
 @url: https://github.com/zlatko-minev/pyEPR
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "Will Livingston", "Steven Touzard"
 ]
 __license__ = "BSD-3-Clause"
-__version__ = "0.8.5.3"
+__version__ = "0.8.5.4"
 __maintainer__ = "Zlatko K. Minev and  Asaf Diringer"
 __email__ = "zlatko.minev@aya.yale.edu"
 __url__ = r'https://github.com/zlatko-minev/pyEPR'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f770369..10083e6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='pyEPR-quantum',
-    version='0.8.5.3',
+    version='0.8.5.4',
     description=doclines[0],
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",