diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
index 7e8fe0f..fe5da64 100644
--- a/contributing.md
+++ b/contributing.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ There is a debug option which produces diagnostic information. This information
 
 ```
 - name: Version
-  uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.2.1
+  uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.4.0
   id: version
   with:
     tag_prefix: ""
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ Additionally a few formatter provide modular behavior to these step:
 - A version formatter is used to format output version string
 - A user formatter is used to format the user information in the output (JSON and CSV are provided in the default implementation)
 
-Each one includes at least one default, but can be replaced by a custom provider by implementing the appropriate interface and updating the `ConfigurationProvider` to return your action instead. This should allow you to continue to merge in changes from the main project as needed with minimal conflict.
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+Each one includes at least one default, but can be replaced by a custom provider by implementing the appropriate interface and updating the `ConfigurationProvider` to return your action instead. This should allow you to continue to merge in changes from the main project as needed with minimal conflict.
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 86cfc75..7393064 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ it will be given the new version if the build were to be retriggered, for exampl
 <!-- start usage -->
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.3.0
+- uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.4.0
   with:
     # The prefix to use to identify tags
     tag_prefix: "v"
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ like `v1.2.3+0-db` could be configured like this:
 ```yaml
 - name: Application Version
   id: version
-  uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.3.0
+  uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.4.0
   with:
     change_path: "src/service"
 - name: Database Version
   id: db-version
-  uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.3.0
+  uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.4.0
   with:
     major_pattern: "(MAJOR-DB)"
     minor_pattern: "(MINOR-DB)"