diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2b7474d2..13ea3ac7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: mlr3learners
 Title: Recommended Learners for 'mlr3'
-Version: 0.5.3-9000
+Version: 0.5.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Michel", "Lang", , "michellang@gmail.com", role = c("cre", "aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-9754-0393")),
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ Suggests:
     rmarkdown,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     xgboost (>= 1.6.0)
-Remotes:
-    mlr-org/mlr3
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Encoding: UTF-8
 NeedsCompilation: no
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4358c548..a97276ed 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Added `regr.nnet` learner.
 - Removed the option to use weights in `classif.log_reg`.
 - Added `default_values()` function for ranger and svm learners.
+- Improved documentation.
 
 # mlr3learners 0.5.3