diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e773afd2b7fdd1885e94a1b67b69a7bf8dfad3fd..a70e857dc6886d51e2f6e5bb8218d97c76f6e171 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # DP3 Changelog
 
+## Next release
+
+### Improvements
+- DP3 now requires EveryBeam v0.5.4
+
 ## [6.0] - 2023-08-11
 
 ### New features
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f17491def53c4e05f09605e5cd4a71afeece5f3d..52f50bee8accf0d479fd6e90158992170ac5f99e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ include_directories(${AOFLAGGER_INCLUDE_DIR})
 # make it somewhat more explicit
 find_package(EveryBeam NO_MODULE)
 if(${EVERYBEAM_FOUND})
-  if(${EVERYBEAM_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "0.5.1" OR ${EVERYBEAM_VERSION}
+  if(${EVERYBEAM_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "0.5.4" OR ${EVERYBEAM_VERSION}
                                                   VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "0.6.0")
     message(
       FATAL_ERROR
diff --git a/CPack/CMakeLists.txt b/CPack/CMakeLists.txt
index d04d4603a10ec7dd9bcec28d5f275215f9067a3c..af68451a731cff484770e5996f7526eb62e03929 100644
--- a/CPack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CPack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME DEB-DEFAULT)
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "amd64")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS
     "aoflagger (>= 3.0.1),\
- everybeam (>= 0.4), everybeam (<< 0.5.1),\
+ everybeam (>= 0.5.4), everybeam (<< 0.6.0),\
  idg-api (>= 0.8)")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "deb-packages@astron.nl")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "science")
diff --git a/docker/py310_wheel.docker b/docker/py310_wheel.docker
index c00aa273c7394b61dc84454b97cab10827b586f3..aebfd701759610f68255e67b160bddec1141acd9 100644
--- a/docker/py310_wheel.docker
+++ b/docker/py310_wheel.docker
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 FROM quay.io/casacore/casacore:master_wheel310
 
 ENV AOFLAGGER_VERSION 3.2.0
-ENV EVERYBEAM_VERSION 0.5.1
+ENV EVERYBEAM_VERSION 0.5.4
 ENV HDF5_VERSION 1.12.2
 ENV FFTW_VERSION 3.3.8
 ENV LUA_VERSION 5.3.6
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu_20_04_base b/docker/ubuntu_20_04_base
index aa352bb4570a6ddf291c370cf276e9147ea47ba9..9ac805b3a182b214cc503d5c08464f7dc60c700e 100644
--- a/docker/ubuntu_20_04_base
+++ b/docker/ubuntu_20_04_base
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
 # TODO: needs to be bumped before next DP3 release
 # ENV IDG_VERSION=0.8
-ENV EVERYBEAM_VERSION=v0.5.1
+ENV EVERYBEAM_VERSION=v0.5.4
 ENV IDG_VERSION=6b61c038883ad3f807d20047c4f9e1a1f0b8d98a
 ENV AOFLAGGER_VERSION=65d5fba4f4c12797386d3fd9cd76734956a8b233
 
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu_22_04_base b/docker/ubuntu_22_04_base
index d1d187757f9228b94471c0a82d3059150a0f15e7..76ce982c9901abd9fe5eb4453ad0579fcf6e9b28 100644
--- a/docker/ubuntu_22_04_base
+++ b/docker/ubuntu_22_04_base
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 # TODO: needs to be bumped before next DP3 release
 # ENV IDG_VERSION=0.8
-ENV EVERYBEAM_VERSION=v0.5.1
+ENV EVERYBEAM_VERSION=v0.5.4
 ENV IDG_VERSION=6b61c038883ad3f807d20047c4f9e1a1f0b8d98a
 ENV AOFLAGGER_VERSION=65d5fba4f4c12797386d3fd9cd76734956a8b233