diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6294498d5..d3c8febd0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # VSCODE-TASKEXPLORER CHANGE LOG
 
+## Version 2.5.4 (August 17th, 2021)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- **General:** if a task completes while the explorer view is not visible, the tree is not refreshed
+
+### Build System
+
+- fix -vscode release only contains webpacked files but vsce complains of 850+files in package.
+
 ## Version 2.5.3 (August 17th, 2021)
 
 ### Refactoring
@@ -8,7 +18,6 @@
 
 ### Build System
 
-- **Package.json:** fix -vscode release only contains webpacked files but vsce complains of 850+files in package.
 - fix - vsix fails to upload with guthub release
 
 ## Version 2.5.2 (August 15th, 2021)
@@ -18,10 +27,6 @@
 - **Tasks:** start/stop events processing for non-visible view
 - **Tasks:** stopping a task with 'keep terminal on stop'  option set still x3 fails for some tasks.
 
-### Build System
-
-- **Package.json:** fix -vscode release only contains webpacked files but vsce complains of 850+files in package.
-
 ## Version 2.5.1 (August 9th, 2021)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5a05435bc..c8dbcc980 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "vscode-taskexplorer",
-    "version": "2.5.3",
+    "version": "2.5.4",
     "lockfileVersion": 1,
     "requires": true,
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6b0c4d1a..0b3ff30ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "vscode-taskexplorer",
-    "version": "2.5.3",
+    "version": "2.5.4",
     "displayName": "Task Explorer",
     "description": "Tasks management for npm, vscode, yarn, ant, gradle, grunt, gulp, batch, bash, make, maven, python, perl, powershell, ruby, and nsis",
     "icon": "res/gears-r-colors.png",