diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a38f936..9c2f59c8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # enable new "MSVC runtime library selection" (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.html)
 
 project(libCZI 
-      VERSION 0.54.3
+      VERSION 0.55.0
       HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi"
       DESCRIPTION "libCZI is an Open Source Cross-Platform C++ library to read and write CZI")
 
diff --git a/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown b/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
index 21fd9359..5996d5c5 100644
--- a/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
+++ b/Src/libCZI/Doc/version-history.markdown
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ version history                 {#version_history}
  0.53.2             | [70](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/70)        | add option to write 'duplicate' subblocks
  0.54.0             | [71](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/71)        | introduce 'streamsLib', add curl-based stream class
  0.54.2             | [74](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/74)        | minor bug fix
- 0.54.3             | [78](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/78)        | optimization: for multi-tile-composition, check relevant tiles for visibility before loading them (and do not load/decode non-visible tiles)
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+ 0.54.3             | [79](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/79)        | add option _kCurlHttp_FollowLocation_ to follow HTTP redirects tp curl_http_inputstream
+ 0.55.0             | [78](https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi/pull/78)        | optimization: for multi-tile-composition, check relevant tiles for visibility before loading them (and do not load/decode non-visible tiles)
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