diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 91472a09e9..5d9b0a114c 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
 public class Base {
   // Added accessors for 0218 because the UpdateCheck class was not properly
   // updating the values, due to javac inlining the static final values.
-  static private final int REVISION = 270;
+  static private final int REVISION = 271;
   /** This might be replaced by main() if there's a lib/version.txt file. */
-  static private String VERSION_NAME = "0270"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+  static private String VERSION_NAME = "0271"; //$NON-NLS-1$
   /** Set true if this a proper release rather than a numbered revision. */
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/done.txt b/core/done.txt
index abbdd66c29..a04e597a69 100644
--- a/core/done.txt
+++ b/core/done.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0270 (3.5.4)
+no changes
+
+
 0269 (3.5.3)
 X fix/clean a few file i/o issues
 X   deal with possible resource leak when loading URLs
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 750a8e7772..c15593393c 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-0270 (3.5.4)
-no changes
+0271 (3.5.5 unlikely)
 
 
 _ size() issues on Mojave?
diff --git a/done.txt b/done.txt
index 1da976c40b..ef2420519b 100644
--- a/done.txt
+++ b/done.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+0270 (3.5.4)
+X use ctrl-page up/down for tabs on Windows
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5794
+X fix potential highlighting issue that wasn't selecting portions of text
+X update AppBundler to use newer SDK, recompile
+X edit build.xml files and appbundler to preserve more attributes
+X don't remove entries from Recent menu on Save As
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5902
+o NPE in buildCoreModes() on startup
+o   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5823
+X   not clear what was wrong here
+
+contrib manager
+X contrib listing names should not be case sensitive
+X   libs in all caps appeared above those in lowercase
+X ignore library subfolders
+X don't unzip __MACOSX files with contribs
+X don't do library subfolders
+X show error when .properties file is missing from contribs
+X clean up a lot of bad temp file handling in the contrib manager
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5845
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5960
+X NPE in installPreviouslyFailed() on startup
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5482
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5916
+
+contribs
+X tweak mode not working
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5805
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/pull/5909
+
+
 0269 (3.5.3)
 X added reference for circle(), square(), push(), pop()
 X   has the reference.zip file been fixed? (yep)
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 113b6a27e0..9b53d85580 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -1,33 +1,4 @@
-0270 (3.5.4)
-X use ctrl-page up/down for tabs on Windows
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5794
-X fix potential highlighting issue that wasn't selecting portions of text
-X update AppBundler to use newer SDK, recompile
-X edit build.xml files and appbundler to preserve more attributes
-X don't remove entries from Recent menu on Save As
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5902
-o NPE in buildCoreModes() on startup
-o   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5823
-X   not clear what was wrong here
-
-contrib manager
-X contrib listing names should not be case sensitive
-X   libs in all caps appeared above those in lowercase
-X ignore library subfolders
-X don't unzip __MACOSX files with contribs
-X don't do library subfolders
-X show error when .properties file is missing from contribs
-X clean up a lot of bad temp file handling in the contrib manager
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5845
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5960
-X NPE in installPreviouslyFailed() on startup
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5482
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5916
-
-contribs
-X tweak mode not working
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5805
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing/pull/5909
+0271 (3.5.5 unlikely)
 
 
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