diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cdc74daa01..c3c041bc86 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^4.1.8",
     "oscarotero/env": "^2.1",
     "roots/bedrock-autoloader": "^1.0",
-    "roots/wordpress": "5.4.1",
+    "roots/wordpress": "5.5",
     "roots/wp-config": "1.0.0",
     "roots/wp-password-bcrypt": "1.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index dd6dbf5353..f63818d2ef 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "c0524b5941c4ca862ba28269699f6b2c",
+    "content-hash": "0e187c3fffc590642a6bc486b4a960f3",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "composer/installers",
@@ -325,15 +325,15 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "roots/wordpress",
-            "version": "5.4.1",
+            "version": "5.5",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress.git",
-                "reference": "5.4.1"
+                "reference": "5.5"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/WordPress/WordPress/zipball/5.4.1"
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/WordPress/WordPress/zipball/5.5"
             },
             "require": {
                 "php": ">=5.3.2",
@@ -358,12 +358,16 @@
                 "wordpress"
             ],
             "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/roots",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
                 {
                     "url": "https://www.patreon.com/rootsdev",
                     "type": "patreon"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2020-04-29T18:50:02+00:00"
+            "time": "2020-08-11T18:48:01+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "roots/wordpress-core-installer",