diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62004231..18b95bb8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ help:
 #.PHONY: build-push
 #build-push:
 #	docker login ghcr.io
-#	docker buildx build --push --platform linux/arm64/v8,linux/amd64 --tag ghcr.io/nextcloud/context_chat_backend:5.3.0 --tag ghcr.io/nextcloud/context_chat_backend:latest .
+#	docker buildx build --push --platform linux/arm64/v8,linux/amd64 --tag ghcr.io/nextcloud/context_chat_backend:5.4.0-beta0 --tag ghcr.io/nextcloud/context_chat_backend:latest .
 
 .PHONY: run
 run:
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ run:
 register:
 	docker exec master-nextcloud-1 sudo -u www-data php occ app_api:app:unregister context_chat_backend --silent || true
 	docker exec master-nextcloud-1 sudo -u www-data php occ app_api:app:register context_chat_backend manual_install --json-info \
-  "{\"id\":\"context_chat_backend\",\"name\":\"Context Chat Backend\",\"daemon_config_name\":\"manual_install\",\"version\":\"5.3.0\",\"secret\":\"12345\",\"port\":10034,\"scopes\":[],\"system\":0}" \
+  "{\"id\":\"context_chat_backend\",\"name\":\"Context Chat Backend\",\"daemon_config_name\":\"manual_install\",\"version\":\"5.4.0-beta0\",\"secret\":\"12345\",\"port\":10034,\"scopes\":[],\"system\":0}" \
   --force-scopes --wait-finish
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4626a81e..0cc3b450 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ If nextcloud is inside a container, `--add-host` option would be required by you
 **2. Register the app using the deploy daemon (be mindful of the port number and the app's version):**
 ```
 occ app_api:app:register context_chat_backend manual_install --json-info \
-"{\"appid\":\"context_chat_backend\",\"name\":\"Context Chat Backend\",\"daemon_config_name\":\"manual_install\",\"version\":\"5.3.0\",\"secret\":\"12345\",\"port\":10034}" \
+"{\"appid\":\"context_chat_backend\",\"name\":\"Context Chat Backend\",\"daemon_config_name\":\"manual_install\",\"version\":\"5.4.0-beta0\",\"secret\":\"12345\",\"port\":10034}" \
 --wait-finish
 ```
 The command to unregister is given below (force is used to also remove apps whose container has been removed)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ sudo -u www-data php occ app_api:app:register \
     --json-info "{\"appid\":\"context_chat_backend\",\
                   \"name\":\"Context Chat Backend\",\
                   \"daemon_config_name\":\"manual_install\",\
-                  \"version\":\"5.3.0\",\
+                  \"version\":\"5.4.0-beta0\",\
                   \"secret\":\"12345\",\
                   \"port\":10034}" \
     --wait-finish
diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index e2a668d4..b54031e7 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Install the given apps for Context Chat to work as desired **in the given order*
 
 Setup background job workers as described here: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/ai/overview.html#improve-ai-task-pickup-speed
 ]]></description>
-	<version>5.3.0</version>
+	<version>5.4.0-beta0</version>
 	<licence>agpl</licence>
 	<author mail="kyteinsky@gmail.com" homepage="https://github.com/kyteinsky">Anupam Kumar</author>
 	<namespace>Context Chat</namespace>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Setup background job workers as described here: https://docs.nextcloud.com/serve
 		<docker-install>
 			<registry>ghcr.io</registry>
 			<image>nextcloud-releases/context_chat_backend</image>
-			<image-tag>5.3.0</image-tag>
+			<image-tag>5.4.0-beta0</image-tag>
 		</docker-install>
 		<routes>
 			<route>
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index b460a3dd..e5e5b063 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
+## 5.4.0-beta0 - 2026-05-26
+
+### Added
+- add network embedding batching (#276) @fcharlaix-opendsi
+- add kubernetes support and reverse content/indexing flow (#284) @kyteinsky @marcelklehr
+- add gh workflows for docker builds and do separate cpu, cuda and rocm (vulkan) images (#295) @kyteinsky
+
+### Changed
+- update readme according to the latest changes (#300) @kyteinsky
+- bump llama_cpp_python to 0.3.23 (#301) @kyteinsky
+
+### Fixed
+- improve loadSources error handling (#288) @kyteinsky
+- fix(pgvector): add chunking to prevent long list of args in queries (#290) @kyteinsky
+- fix(pgvector): make doc deletion query faster (#289) @kyteinsky
+
+
 ## 5.3.0 - 2026-02-23
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 6ef54c93..f5ccfb6d 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AA_VERSION=3.0.0
 APP_SECRET=12345
 APP_ID=context_chat_backend
 APP_DISPLAY_NAME=Context Chat Backend
-APP_VERSION=5.3.0
+APP_VERSION=5.4.0-beta0
 APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
 APP_PORT=10034
 APP_PERSISTENT_STORAGE=persistent_storage
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4cb3b5b5..ad452679 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 [project]
 name = "context_chat_backend"
-version = "5.3.0"
+version = "5.4.0-beta0"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Anupam Kumar", email = "kyteinsky@gmail.com" }