diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58bbb115..e3368581 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [2.5.4] - 2024-03-21
+
+### Changed
+
+  - getAssetMetadata core implementation can now return the metadata disregarding tokenId by setting it to 0.
+
 ## [2.5.3] - 2024-03-19
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol b/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
index 7ab37b94..08dbb9b4 100644
--- a/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
+++ b/contracts/RMRK/core/RMRKCore.sol
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pragma solidity ^0.8.21;
  * @dev This is currently just a passthrough contract which allows for granular editing of base-level ERC721 functions.
  */
 contract RMRKCore {
-    string private constant _VERSION = "2.5.3";
+    string private constant _VERSION = "2.5.4";
     bytes4 private constant _RMRK_INTERFACE = 0x524D524B; // "RMRK" in ASCII hex
 
     /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0036506..090b6369 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rmrk-team/evm-contracts",
-  "version": "2.5.3",
+  "version": "2.5.4",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "files": [
     "contracts/RMRK/*",