diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 86e8121..ebe298d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ dist: xenial
 python:
     - "3.6"
     - "3.7"
-    - "3.8"
 # command to install dependencies
 install:
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 194ac13..ac45590 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-v3-brightgreen.svg"
             alt="python"></a> &nbsp;
     <a href="https://pypi.org/project/PyPortfolioOpt/">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/pypi-v0.5.4-brightgreen.svg"
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/pypi-v0.5.5brightgreen.svg"
             alt="pypi"></a> &nbsp;
     <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT">
         <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg"
diff --git a/docs/Roadmap.rst b/docs/Roadmap.rst
index 128165f..b7728f3 100644
--- a/docs/Roadmap.rst
+++ b/docs/Roadmap.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ experience.
 - Added a ``pipfile`` for ``pipenv`` users.
 - Removed Value-at-risk from docs to discourage usage until it is properly fixed.
 
+0.5.5
+-----
+
+Began migration to cvxpy by changing the discrete allocation backend from PuLP to cvxpy. 
+
 0.4.0
 =====
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b3fa04c..36bb50d 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ author = "Robert Andrew Martin"
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "0.5"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.5.4"
+release = "0.5.5"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 625525d..691fc0e 100755
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                 <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-v3-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square"
                     alt="python"></a> &nbsp;
             <a href="https://pypi.org/project/PyPortfolioOpt/">
-                <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/pypi-v0.5.4-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square"
+                <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/pypi-v0.5.5-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square"
                     alt="python"></a> &nbsp;
             <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT">
                 <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6930540..f657a5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "PyPortfolioOpt"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 description = "Financial portfolio optimisation in python"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Robert Andrew Martin <martin.robertandrew@gmail.com>"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f6afeea..595db88 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as f:
 
 setup(
     name="PyPortfolioOpt",
-    version="0.5.4",
+    version="0.5.5",
     description="Financial portfolio optimisation in python",
     long_description=desc,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",