diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67e18a1..db7bee1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-set(KF5_VERSION "5.53.0") # handled by release scripts
+set(KF5_VERSION "5.54.0") # handled by release scripts
 project(KItemModels VERSION ${KF5_VERSION})
 
 include(FeatureSummary)