diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 6eea18f3..d8b1c42a 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [9.5.4] - 2020-05-01
+
+(windows) fix build for universal windows platform
+
 ## [9.5.3] - 2020-04-29
 
 (http client) better current request cancellation support when the HttpClient destructor is invoked (see #189)
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 48656976..a5af61b0 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "9.5.3"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "9.5.4"