diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index b7d5a60..3552e1c 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.5.3"
+current_version = "0.5.4"
 parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"
 serialize = ["{major}.{minor}.{patch}"]
 search = "{current_version}"
diff --git a/django_kafka/__init__.py b/django_kafka/__init__.py
index 98e14c8..3fe898d 100644
--- a/django_kafka/__init__.py
+++ b/django_kafka/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-__version__ = "0.5.3"
+__version__ = "0.5.4"
 
 __all__ = [
     "autodiscover",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 216a66f..55ba378 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-kafka"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 dependencies = [
     "django>=4.0,<6.0",
     "confluent-kafka[avro, schema-registry]==2.4.0"