diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ab02cfcabcd253fd7ff0265c45cace9d66a7641..4c434ce945d81114373844bfb05f3bd4397e9384 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,36 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.5] - 2025-01-13
+
+### Added
+- **docs**: add FAQ to docs ([#392](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/392))
+- **docs**: add a link in the docs regarding FireWorks setup ([#387](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/387))
+- **amml**: implement velocity distributions ([#385](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/385))
+- **interpreter**: add support for tuple subscripting ([#379](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/379))
+- **amml**: enable plotting reaction energy profile diagrams ([#371](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/371))
+
+### Fixed
+- **interpreter**: infer the subdtype but not convert to default subdtype with pint-pandas >=0.7 ([#396](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/396), [#398](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/398))
+- **interpreter**: add end-of-file to terminated general reference rule to allow variable with a single reference as parameter ([#389](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/389))
+- **interpreter**: fix diverse type errors causing crashes ([#394](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/394))
+- **interpreter**: prevent crash when printing function value in asynchronous on-demand evaluation ([#391](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/391))
+- **grammar**: prevent crash with numeric literal in place of units ([#388](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/388))
+- **interpreter**: handle exceptions from database with large documents (solved in the context of [#388]((https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/388)))
+- **cli**: prevent crash in the import section of text session ([#384](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/384))
+- **constraints**: check first argument of issubclass ([#382](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/382))
+- **interpreter**: prevent crash with type() function applied to imports ([#386](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/386))
+- **examples**: update the examples for the recent grammar changes ([#380](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/380))
+- **interpreter**: prevent evaluating non-active models in case of synchronous and asynchronous on-demand workflow evaluation ([#381](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/381))
+- **docs**: correct the docs section about extending SCL ([#378](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/378))
+
+### Changed
+- **cli**: revise some CLI options: remove `--textx-debug`, add `%help` in `%help` menu; produce warnings for ignored parameters ([#397](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/397))
+- **docs**: adjust the docs for how to use the wfengine file dumped by `texts session` ([#397](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/397))
+- **amml**: adapt calculator parameters due to task ([#274](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/274))
+- **grammar**: remove variable tuple from grammar, interpreter, examples, tests, and docs ([#379](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/379))
+- **cli**: sort model history by time stamps ([#368](https://gitlab.kit.edu/kit/virtmat-tools/vre-language/-/issues/368))
+
 
 ## [0.5.4] - 2024-11-28
 ### Added
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 18d6ecee3d3d07a4596503551ff21f1afaa5bb69..9d82e7982015942b851dc4c90b42783a80a1c881 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = vre-language
-version = 0.5.4
+version = 0.5.5
 author = The Virtmat Tools Team
 author_email = virtmat-tools@lists.kit.edu
 description = VRE Language