diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2e8ebf..8226737 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
+## 1.5.4 /2025-09-23
+* Raw Websocket Logger Inconsistency Fix by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/pull/188
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/compare/v1.5.3...v1.5.4
+
 ## 1.5.3 /2025-09-16
 * edge case query map keys by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/async-substrate-interface/pull/186
 
diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
index 504f77d..e4c6c1c 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
@@ -1899,10 +1899,10 @@ def _make_rpc_request(
         ws = self.connect(init=False if attempt == 1 else True)
         for payload in payloads:
             item_id = get_next_id()
-            to_send = {**payload["payload"], **{"id": item_id}}
+            to_send = json.dumps({**payload["payload"], **{"id": item_id}})
             if self.log_raw_websockets:
                 raw_websocket_logger.debug(f"WEBSOCKET_SEND> {to_send}")
-            ws.send(json.dumps(to_send))
+            ws.send(to_send)
             request_manager.add_request(item_id, payload["id"])
             logger.debug(
                 f"Submitted payload ID {payload['id']} with websocket ID {item_id}: {payload}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d41c93..def7db8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "async-substrate-interface"
-version = "1.5.3"
+version = "1.5.4"
 description = "Asyncio library for interacting with substrate. Mostly API-compatible with py-substrate-interface"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }