diff --git a/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac b/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
index 646c660ed03c78ea0d6bbddf8950d5947b838725..4a77a0f9dbb9f9a875005d665247fa1d43c1e275 100644
--- a/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
+++ b/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 m4_define([LUSTRE_MAJOR],[1])
 m4_define([LUSTRE_MINOR],[6])
 m4_define([LUSTRE_PATCH],[4])
-m4_define([LUSTRE_FIX],[53])
+m4_define([LUSTRE_FIX],[54])
 # Note: we're starting prerelease versions at 50 this time.
 
 dnl # liblustre delta is 0.0.1.32 , next version with fixes is ok, but