From 77ef66354d76a3c8aa4b11cde8093294fce23b0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb@videolan.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:01:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] On the road to  1.5.4

---
 NEWS        | 12 ++++++++++++
 meson.build |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6d1160b8..10707a8d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Changes for 1.5.4 'Sonic':
+--------------------------
+
+1.5.4 is a minor release of dav1d, focused maintenance:
+ - Support for OS/2
+ - Switch to external checkasm
+ - Add Armv9.3-A GCS support
+ - AArch64: optimize ipred_*_8bpc & ipred_smooth_*_8bpc functions
+ - ARM32: optimize prep_neon
+ - RISC-V: add ipred_v,_h,_pal,_dc optimizations
+
+
 Changes for 1.5.3 'Sonic':
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b7e4c4be..90555e4c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright © 2018-2024, VideoLAN and dav1d authors
+# Copyright © 2018-2026, VideoLAN and dav1d authors
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 project('dav1d', ['c'],
-    version: '1.5.3',
+    version: '1.5.4',
     default_options: ['c_std=c99',
                       'warning_level=2',
                       'buildtype=release',
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     rc_data.set('API_VERSION_MAJOR', dav1d_api_version_major)
     rc_data.set('API_VERSION_MINOR', dav1d_api_version_minor)
     rc_data.set('API_VERSION_REVISION', dav1d_api_version_revision)
-    rc_data.set('COPYRIGHT_YEARS', '2018-2025')
+    rc_data.set('COPYRIGHT_YEARS', '2018-2026')
 else
     thread_dependency = dependency('threads')
     thread_compat_dep = []