diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58572392..51348d48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,9 +16,22 @@ Types of changes
 
 # Latch SDK Changelog
 
+## 2.55.0 - 2024-12-13
+
+### Changed
+
+* `latch dockerfile` now accepts explicit options for files containing
+  * apt deps
+  * conda deps
+  * r deps
+  * pip deps
+  * pyproject.toml / setup.py
+  * .env
+* `latch dockerfile` no longer does implicit dependency inferrence based on the presence of special files in the project root directory - now all dependency files need to be passed explicitly in the command line.
+
 ## 2.54.10 - 2024-12-06
 
-### Updated
+### Changed
 
 * Bump ephemeral storage limits for V100 GPU pods
 
@@ -36,7 +49,7 @@ Types of changes
 
 ## 2.54.7 - 2024-12-02
 
-### Updated
+### Changed
 
 * Add more ephemeral storage to large GPU pods
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb4e7ac7..6c3351cf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include = ["src/**/*.py", "src/latch_cli/services/init/*"]
 
 [project]
 name = "latch"
-version = "2.54.10"
+version = "2.55.0"
 description = "The Latch SDK"
 authors = [{ name = "Kenny Workman", email = "kenny@latch.bio" }]
 maintainers = [