diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5e8477a4a6bee8a7da10b353ddd5e8c5458c669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v2.5.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.4
+------------------
+
+ * xdiff code we use to generate diffs is not prepared to handle
+   extremely large files.  It uses "int" in many places, which can
+   overflow if we have a very large number of lines or even bytes in
+   our input files, for example.  Cap the input size to soemwhere
+   around 1GB for now.
+
+ * Some protocols (like git-remote-ext) can execute arbitrary code
+   found in the URL.  The URLs that submodules use may come from
+   arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote
+   repository), and can hurt those who blindly enable recursive
+   fetch.  Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe
+   ones.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b2d88688aa0fe02d08130aa0f4aac802c69787f0..1a262757dc9f73f39cadef45613046d09d824c9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v2.5.3/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.3]
+* link:v2.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.4]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.2.txt[2.5.2],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.1.txt[2.5.1],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 7915077d2a0d6785f9194ff00f19a2af090f4d4f..998786939b9b64a5f992d89a5e3c784e2b75d047 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.5.3
+DEF_VER=v2.5.4
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 01910c524602b737cedfc0074f2e624ae54c2e2f..cdb1b4853d82672422f455f022015014741ffecd 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.3.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
\ No newline at end of file