diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37eae9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Git v2.5.5 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.4
+------------------
+
+ * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap
+   corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of
+   pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API.  Both of
+   these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer
+   when formulating pathnames while tree traversal.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 5449d7b..fe5fefe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v2.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.4]
+* link:v2.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.5]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.5.5.txt[2.5.5],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3],
   link:RelNotes/2.5.2.txt[2.5.2],
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 9987869..51ae63d 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.5.4
+DEF_VER=v2.5.5
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index cdb1b48..3f734d9 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
\ No newline at end of file