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+# 1.54.0 (2019-10-09)
+
+- [Fixing typos in variable names](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6746)
+- [Simplify GitHub Issue / PR templates](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6753)
+- [Capture and span docs](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6757)
+- [Automate keeping the sfe-next branch upto date](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6743)
+- [Update dependencies in aws-scala-sbt template](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6754)
+- [PR Template --> Hide useful scripts in expandable section](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6763)
+- [Doc refactoring and new features](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6758)
+- [doc: add cosmosdb events doc](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6794)
+- [Showcase how to use AWS SDK in sls helpers](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6788)
+- [Issue 4867 - Allowing InvokeBridge to find handleRequest method from super classes](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6791)
+- [Update Azure environment variable documentation](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6798)
+- [Update quick-start.md](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6802)
+- [Add Questions issue template that navigate users to forums](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6786)
+- [Update SLS Deploy Documentation](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6790)
+- [S3 Block Public Access](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6779)
+- [Documentation for CI/CD](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6767)
+- [Added logging Implementation for serverless openwhisk-nodejs template](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6806)
+
+## Meta
+
+- [Comparison since last release](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/compare/v1.53.0...v1.54.0)
+
 # 1.53.0 (2019-09-25)
 
 - [Respect logRetentionInDays in log group for websocket](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/pull/6658)
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 {
   "name": "serverless",
-  "version": "1.53.0",
+  "version": "1.54.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=6.0"
   },