diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3133512ad..bc18cd8f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See
 [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [5.0.254](https://github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-vm/compare/v5.0.253...v5.0.254) (2025-04-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update dependency scratch-render-fonts to v1.0.181 ([037be81](https://github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-vm/commit/037be81f7ec7054285608fbc14f4367bc7a372b1))
+
 ## [5.0.253](https://github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-vm/compare/v5.0.252...v5.0.253) (2025-04-05)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 54f7beb74..6bdc5a16f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "scratch-vm",
-  "version": "5.0.253",
+  "version": "5.0.254",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "scratch-vm",
-      "version": "5.0.253",
+      "version": "5.0.254",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "@vernier/godirect": "^1.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2f176f9f..c631816c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "scratch-vm",
-  "version": "5.0.253",
+  "version": "5.0.254",
   "description": "Virtual Machine for Scratch 3.0",
   "author": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-vm.git",
-    "sha": "43450f405d209c25bbef9860d4cbbf4be1993090"
+    "sha": "daed9b936e3e2f81e1c24ca236fb679fe257b3d2"
   },
   "main": "./dist/node/scratch-vm.js",
   "browser": "./dist/web/scratch-vm.js",