diff --git a/arkindex_tasks/VERSION b/arkindex_tasks/VERSION
index be14282b7fffb9ba95d51c6546ed9816dc8f3ff8..9885f11fdfc3ab29505ce4182e1772be14fe6e72 100644
--- a/arkindex_tasks/VERSION
+++ b/arkindex_tasks/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.3
+0.5.4-rc1