diff --git a/.github/scaffold.json b/.github/scaffold.json
index af7e9c3..d04da5b 100644
--- a/.github/scaffold.json
+++ b/.github/scaffold.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "placeholders": {
     "BINARY": "codegraph",
     "CRATE": "codegraph-rs",
-    "CURRENT_VERSION": "0.53.3",
+    "CURRENT_VERSION": "0.54.0",
     "DEFAULT_BRANCH": "main",
     "OWNER": "sunerpy",
     "PACKAGE_NAME": "codegraph-rs",
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2b0f32a..330850b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.53.3"
+  ".": "0.54.0"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6c8c6ee..1b9c896 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-bench"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-core"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "globset",
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-daemon"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-extract"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-graph"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-mcp"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-resolve"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-rs"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-store"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cap-fs-ext",
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-ui"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codegraph-watch"
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "codegraph-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e2362de..deb92c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.53.3"
+version = "0.54.0"
 publish = false
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md b/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md
index 5d0a6c4..3d55044 100644
--- a/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md
+++ b/changelog/CHANGELOG-v0.x.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.54.0](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/compare/v0.53.3...v0.54.0) (2026-10-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **init:** write a self-scoped .gitignore inside the index root ([c9924e4](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/commit/c9924e4ce626f273601e0cbc4fd0aec624ba4bd7))
+
 ## [0.53.3](https://github.com/sunerpy/codegraph-rust/compare/v0.53.2...v0.53.3) (2026-10-03)