diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 706b1cdf..cf5766b3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [tool.poetry]
     name = "royalnet"
-    version = "5.4"
+    version = "5.5a1"
     description = "A multipurpose bot and web framework"
     authors = ["Stefano Pigozzi <ste.pigozzi@gmail.com>"]
     license = "AGPL-3.0+"
diff --git a/royalnet/version.py b/royalnet/version.py
index 63bf6999..79a82ecf 100644
--- a/royalnet/version.py
+++ b/royalnet/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-semantic = "5.5"
+semantic = "5.5a1"