diff --git a/src/matplot2tikz/__about__.py b/src/matplot2tikz/__about__.py
index 4e077eba..5e2ead96 100644
--- a/src/matplot2tikz/__about__.py
+++ b/src/matplot2tikz/__about__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version number."""
 
-__version__ = "0.5.3"
+__version__ = "0.5.4"