diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 512323139..814dd3e0d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # See the file 'doc/COPYING' for copying permission
 #
 
-0.5.3.0
+0.5.4.0-pre
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index e0668e8ea..c17d2d9b3 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # BeEF Configuration file
 
 beef:
-    version: '0.5.3.0'
+    version: '0.5.4.0-pre'
     # More verbose messages (server-side)
     debug: false
     # More verbose messages (client-side)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 97cc4d9ef..47860288a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "BeEF",
-  "version": "0.5.3.0",
+  "version": "0.5.4.0-pre",
   "lockfileVersion": 1
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 73b8bc203..5f12aa6e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "BeEF",
-    "version": "0.5.3.0",
+    "version": "0.5.4.0-pre",
     "description": "The Browser Exploitation Framework Project",
     "scripts": {
         "docs": "./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c conf.json"