diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 91c94e2e1dae..33655055b685 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.54.0",
+  ".": "0.54.1",
   "yarn-project/cli": "0.35.1",
-  "yarn-project/aztec": "0.54.0",
-  "barretenberg": "0.54.0",
-  "barretenberg/ts": "0.54.0"
+  "yarn-project/aztec": "0.54.1",
+  "barretenberg": "0.54.1",
+  "barretenberg/ts": "0.54.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bbe5ab63a6b2..0906d32de906 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.54.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/aztec-packages-v0.54.0...aztec-packages-v0.54.1) (2024-09-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Change the layout of arrays and vectors to be a single pointer ([#8448](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/8448)) ([3ad624c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/3ad624cc343834e8c078c3fe99f3add08f22ffe3))
+* Verification key stuff ([#8431](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/8431)) ([11dc8ff](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/11dc8ff185d74e6e5bc51e85d6bcd6577ac83161))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* Replace relative paths to noir-protocol-circuits ([1c8409f](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/1c8409f57dfa0116770bbc0a56521ee2f6d42aec))
+
 ## [0.54.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/aztec-packages-v0.53.0...aztec-packages-v0.54.0) (2024-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md b/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a798b08f6d7..c81137ecc1e1 100644
--- a/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.54.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.54.0...barretenberg-v0.54.1) (2024-09-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Verification key stuff ([#8431](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/8431)) ([11dc8ff](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/11dc8ff185d74e6e5bc51e85d6bcd6577ac83161))
+
 ## [0.54.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.53.0...barretenberg-v0.54.0) (2024-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index e2caea121ac9..58483b6477f5 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.54.0 # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION 0.54.1 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 # Insert version into `bb` config file
diff --git a/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md b/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md
index 1963704d06e6..47c5230cc911 100644
--- a/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.54.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.54.0...barretenberg.js-v0.54.1) (2024-09-11)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **barretenberg.js:** Synchronize aztec-packages versions
+
 ## [0.54.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.53.0...barretenberg.js-v0.54.0) (2024-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/ts/package.json b/barretenberg/ts/package.json
index 28490f7cf5db..9765e507e452 100644
--- a/barretenberg/ts/package.json
+++ b/barretenberg/ts/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/bb.js",
   "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.22",
-  "version": "0.54.0",
+  "version": "0.54.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/barretenberg/ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/CHANGELOG.md b/yarn-project/aztec/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b044257564b..ef3f79a89f39 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.54.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/aztec-package-v0.54.0...aztec-package-v0.54.1) (2024-09-11)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **aztec-package:** Synchronize aztec-packages versions
+
 ## [0.54.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/aztec-package-v0.53.0...aztec-package-v0.54.0) (2024-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/package.json b/yarn-project/aztec/package.json
index 77a9c8001101..fa1e2e100a95 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/aztec",
-  "version": "0.54.0",
+  "version": "0.54.1",
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dest/index.js"