diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index e1cb5c745..1ab92a684 100644
--- a/common/hugo/version_current.go
+++ b/common/hugo/version_current.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/version"
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentVersion = version.Version{
 	Major:      0,
-	Minor:      153,
-	PatchLevel: 4,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Minor:      154,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/hugoreleaser.env b/hugoreleaser.env
index 3b8c37627..194a46787 100644
--- a/hugoreleaser.env
+++ b/hugoreleaser.env
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Release env. 
 # These will be replaced by script before release.
-HUGORELEASER_TAG=v0.153.3
-HUGORELEASER_COMMITISH=179034abbb2f31793c553a311177e6d742118030
+HUGORELEASER_TAG=v0.153.4
+HUGORELEASER_COMMITISH=a0d4e1fb268d6ad247b44776adcc544a435db3e8
+