diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d261b0..e736524 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1.5.5 (2025-01-09)
+------------------
+
+ - do not run dpkg-preconfigure via DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs hook
+ - m-a-b-q: support passing args to mmdebstrap
+
 1.5.4 (2024-10-28)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 0518b03..ff76443 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = '1.5.4';
+our $VERSION = '1.5.5';
 
 use English;
 use Getopt::Long;