diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9b55d46cfa66075e1d956ec3ae11f29c31d17acf..bd3bc0b8bcdf6d43aa1aaefe418d5eee347ad5fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Knot Resolver 5.5.0 (2022-mm-dd)
+Knot Resolver 5.5.0 (2022-03-15)
 ================================
 
 Improvements
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 10b974fddb768e0dc61d13cdc3fc3f63fcbacf5b..b64e3eea86ddcabd604ab8504a94e34bf292c2f7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(
   'knot-resolver',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
   license: 'GPLv3+',
-  version: '5.4.4',
+  version: '5.5.0',
   default_options: ['c_std=gnu11', 'b_ndebug=true'],
   meson_version: '>=0.49',
 )