diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b58e9fc..bb628c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ bro-20080804.tgz
 /bro-2.5.3-sphinx-bro-ext.patch
 /bro-2.5.3.tar.gz
 /bro-2.5.4.tar.gz
+/bro-2.5.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/bro.spec b/bro.spec
index 5b8830c..d6d561f 100644
--- a/bro.spec
+++ b/bro.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:             bro
-Version:          2.5.4
-Release:          4%{?dist}
+Version:          2.5.5
+Release:          1%{?dist}
 Summary:          A Network Intrusion Detection System and Analysis Framework
 
 License:          BSD
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ make test
 %license doc/LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 31 2018 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 2.5.5-1
+- Update to latest upstream version 2.5.5
+
 * Mon Jul 16 2018 Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com> - 2.5.4-4
 - Do not depend on bind-libs
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c37ad20..20be399 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (bro-2.5.4.tar.gz) = b3c94f774f3f8f9d69c1dd3b1a35519ae942ee54ce1af369fbc0fa5289978a4ff9665db665b7f3e59fea0eb0b3d0ada3ac900dcb4c87586e8f94722e35b752c5
+SHA512 (bro-2.5.5.tar.gz) = d210101af11a66e8a30a30b713d7fc67845c4a8e2ad3a9c91c2641c45480fbbb720f2ea59e2219f842da4076470d10c5fc0c6a3aee1c27e90d4872c11772cfa9