diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5e384f2..23f2fe3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # This file is used by configure to get version information
 #
 PKG_MAJOR=5
-PKG_MINOR=3
-PKG_REVISION=0
+PKG_MINOR=4
+PKG_REVISION=0-rc0
 PKG_BUILD=1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 444b40d..30b1213 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([xfsprogs], [5.3.0], [linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([xfsprogs], [5.4.0-rc0], [linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org])
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 70d8bb8..332215f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+xfsprogs (5.4.0-rc0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream pre-release
+
+ -- Nathan Scott <nathans@debian.org>  Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0500
+
 xfsprogs (5.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES
index d7d4620..fff27b4 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES
+++ b/doc/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+xfsprogs-5.4.0-rc0 (15 Nov 2019)
+	- libxfs changes merged from kernel 5.4
+
 xfsprogs-5.3.0 (15 Nov 2019)
 	- No further changes