diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml
index 2419d8ec6..922778330 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-agentchat/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogen-agentchat"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 license = {file = "LICENSE-CODE"}
 description = "AutoGen agents and teams library"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "autogen-core==0.5.4",
+    "autogen-core==0.5.5",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml
index e2570379b..381f8a145 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogen-core"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 license = {file = "LICENSE-CODE"}
 description = "Foundational interfaces and agent runtime implementation for AutoGen"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dev = [
     "pygments",
     "sphinxext-rediraffe",
 
-    "autogen_ext==0.5.4",
+    "autogen_ext==0.5.5",
 
     # Documentation tooling
     "diskcache",
diff --git a/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml b/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
index 6807cd59e..89b21d1a4 100644
--- a/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autogen-ext"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 license = {file = "LICENSE-CODE"}
 description = "AutoGen extensions library"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "autogen-core==0.5.4",
+    "autogen-core==0.5.5",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ docker = ["docker~=7.0", "asyncio_atexit>=1.0.1"]
 ollama = ["ollama>=0.4.7", "tiktoken>=0.8.0"]
 openai = ["openai>=1.66.5", "tiktoken>=0.8.0", "aiofiles"]
 file-surfer = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.4",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.5",
     "magika>=0.6.1rc2",
     "markitdown[all]~=0.1.0a3",
 ]
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ llama-cpp = [
 graphrag = ["graphrag>=1.0.1"]
 chromadb = ["chromadb>=1.0.0"]
 web-surfer = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.4",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.5",
     "playwright>=1.48.0",
     "pillow>=11.0.0",
     "magika>=0.6.1rc2",
     "markitdown[all]~=0.1.0a3",
 ]
 magentic-one = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.4",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.5",
     "magika>=0.6.1rc2",
     "markitdown[all]~=0.1.0a3",
     "playwright>=1.48.0",
     "pillow>=11.0.0",
 ]
 video-surfer = [
-    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.4",
+    "autogen-agentchat==0.5.5",
     "opencv-python>=4.5",
     "ffmpeg-python",
     "openai-whisper",
diff --git a/python/uv.lock b/python/uv.lock
index 0a7c4d212..0a8e566ae 100644
--- a/python/uv.lock
+++ b/python/uv.lock
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autogen-agentchat"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 source = { editable = "packages/autogen-agentchat" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "autogen-core" },
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ requires-dist = [{ name = "autogen-core", editable = "packages/autogen-core" }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autogen-core"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 source = { editable = "packages/autogen-core" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "jsonref" },
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autogen-ext"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 source = { editable = "packages/autogen-ext" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "autogen-core" },