diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7d72ded..e558264 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "v2": "2.5.3"
+  "v2": "2.5.4"
 }
diff --git a/v2/CHANGELOG.md b/v2/CHANGELOG.md
index 10e406e..a3c5458 100644
--- a/v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.5.4](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/compare/GLAuth-v2.5.3...GLAuth-v2.5.4) (2026-09-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* revert pam plugin to msteinert/pam v1 ([#487](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/issues/487)) ([8d1ea39](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/commit/8d1ea390bacc74a54d9b2046e514b7e0336cb08b))
+
 ## [2.5.3](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/compare/GLAuth-v2.5.2...GLAuth-v2.5.3) (2026-09-13)
 
 
diff --git a/v2/internal/version/const.go b/v2/internal/version/const.go
index 45d2ca1..dd2d324 100644
--- a/v2/internal/version/const.go
+++ b/v2/internal/version/const.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ package version
 
 // Version is the tag of the latest release, it gets changed by the ci
 // process when a release is happening
-const Version = "v2.5.3" // x-release-please-version
+const Version = "v2.5.4" // x-release-please-version