diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 4491c73..d3dd93e 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## Next Release
+## XMLUnit.NET 2.0.0-alpha-03 - /Released 2015-12-13/
 
 * fixed the nuget package name of the core library to now use
   XMLUnit.Core
diff --git a/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs b/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
index 8dc3d9f..a9dbc67 100644
--- a/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Org.XmlUnit
     internal static class XmlUnitVersion
     {
         internal const string ApiVersion = "2.0.0";
-        internal const string AssemblyVersion = ApiVersion + ".25";
+        internal const string AssemblyVersion = ApiVersion + ".54";
         internal const string Version = ApiVersion + "-alpha-03";
     } 
 }
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