diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e295ca5c..6490359bd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
    - stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/03/16 15:46:52
      [auth-options.c]
      spelling in error message. ok djm kettenis
+   - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/03/16 16:36:49
+     [version.h]
+     crank version to openssh-5.5 since we have a few fixes since 5.4;
+     requested deraadt@ kettenis@
 
 20100314
  - (djm) [ssh-pkcs11-helper.c] Move #ifdef to after #defines to fix
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index c604c753c..5d2b0b741 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: version.h,v 1.57 2010/03/07 22:01:32 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: version.h,v 1.58 2010/03/16 16:36:49 djm Exp $ */
 
-#define SSH_VERSION	"OpenSSH_5.4"
+#define SSH_VERSION	"OpenSSH_5.5"
 
 #define SSH_PORTABLE	"p1"
 #define SSH_RELEASE	SSH_VERSION SSH_PORTABLE