diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bcb26b..b8e194f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ 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/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [5.5.0-beta] - 2017-10-05
 ### Added
 - Adds a command button bar to the bottom of the details hover annotations
   - Provides `Open Changes`, `Blame Previous Revision`, `Open in Remote`, and `Show More Actions` command buttons
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cdb187c..3ba7d2a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "gitlens",
-    "version": "5.4.1",
+    "version": "5.5.0-beta",
     "lockfileVersion": 1,
     "requires": true,
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1b1757..711d2fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "gitlens",
-    "version": "5.4.1",
+    "version": "5.5.0-beta",
     "author": {
         "name": "Eric Amodio",
         "email": "eamodio@gmail.com"