diff --git a/lib/consts/consts.go b/lib/consts/consts.go
index d6750e65207..136eae26517 100644
--- a/lib/consts/consts.go
+++ b/lib/consts/consts.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version contains the current semantic version of k6.
-const Version = "0.55.1"
+const Version = "0.55.2"
 
 // FullVersion returns the maximally full version and build information for
 // the currently running k6 executable.
diff --git a/release notes/v0.55.2.md b/release notes/v0.55.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6962006c7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release notes/v0.55.2.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+k6 `v0.55.2` is a patch release that fixes packaging issue.
+
+There are no functional changes in k6 compared to v0.55.1.