diff --git a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
index d9b7ec5a2f7ad96e907c4183c5c5c628c65cba5b..a99caf2cdef754337620c59a5eb6878e864237f7 100644
--- a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.53.0
+8.54.0
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/alipniagov-update-workhorse-to-8-54.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/alipniagov-update-workhorse-to-8-54.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c57e1e5ef7d9adc5a51c8ee9910fc24ca16d084f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/alipniagov-update-workhorse-to-8-54.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Update Workhorse version to 8.54.0
+merge_request: 47625
+author:
+type: other