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diff --git a/bibtool.changes b/bibtool.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 16 10:48:06 UTC 2012 - gber@opensuse.org
+
+- update to version 2.55
+  - library biblatex.rsc added; it contains capitalizations of
+    fields used in bibL TEX
+  - fix for a misbehaviour when selecting entries according to an
+    aux file with deeply nested @strings
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 13 15:39:58 UTC 2012 - gber@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/bibtool.spec b/bibtool.spec
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 #
 
 Name:           bibtool
-Version:        2.54
+Version:        2.55
 Release:        1
 License:        GPL-1.0+
 Summary:        Tool for Manipulating BibTeX Databases