diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5bb97b3..296bb75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <description>This tool helps to control the retry-behaviour in external-task-handlers
         based on the official java-client provided by Camunda BPM
     </description>
-    <version>1.5.3</version>
+    <version>1.5.4</version>
     <inceptionYear>2021</inceptionYear>
 
     <organization>