diff --git a/DOCKER.md b/DOCKER.md
index 3f321b48d5..efc0718290 100644
--- a/DOCKER.md
+++ b/DOCKER.md
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 Run the official iotaledger/iri container, passing the mandatory -p option:
 
-```docker run iotaledger/iri:v1.5.5-RC -p 14265```
+```docker run iotaledger/iri:v1.5.5 -p 14265```
 
 This will get your a running IRI with its API listening on port 14265, no neighbours and an empty database. The IRI Docker container by default expects data at /iri/data. Use the `-v` option of the `docker run` command to mount volumes so to have persistent data. You can also pass more command line options to the docker run command and those will be passed to IRI.
 
 If you want to use a iri.ini file with the docker container, supposing it's stored under /path/to/conf/iri.ini on your docker host, then pass `-v /path/to/conf:/iri/conf` and add -c /iri/conf/iri.ini as docker run arguments. So for example the `docker run` command above would become:
 
-```docker run -v /path/to/conf:/iri/conf -v /path/to/data:/iri/data iotaledger/iri:v1.5.5-RC -p 14265 -c /iri/conf/iri.ini```
+```docker run -v /path/to/conf:/iri/conf -v /path/to/data:/iri/data iotaledger/iri:v1.5.5 -p 14265 -c /iri/conf/iri.ini```
 
 Please refer to the IRI documentation for further command line options and iri.ini options.
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run \
 -p 14265:14265 \
 -p 15600:15600 \
 -p 14600:14600/udp  \
-iotaledger/iri:v1.5.5-RC \
+iotaledger/iri:v1.5.5 \
 -p 14265 \
 --zmq-enabled \
 --testnet
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4335f5e8d9..d6481f5563 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.iota</groupId>
     <artifactId>iri</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.5_RC</version>
+    <version>1.5.5</version>
 
     <name>IRI</name>
     <description>IOTA Reference Implementation</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
index 77adddfd13..79301105d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iota/iri/IRI.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package com.iota.iri;
 
-import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
-import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;
 import com.iota.iri.conf.Config;
 import com.iota.iri.conf.ConfigFactory;
 import com.iota.iri.conf.IotaConfig;
 import com.iota.iri.service.API;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
+import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ public class IRI {
 
     public static final String MAINNET_NAME = "IRI";
     public static final String TESTNET_NAME = "IRI Testnet";
-    public static final String VERSION = "1.5.5_RC";
+    public static final String VERSION = "1.5.5";
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         // Logging is configured first before any references to Logger or LoggerFactory.