diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20e0c2912..7ce96bc3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Closing the client with `keepAlive` turned on will allow the process to exit. https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/issues/40
 - Fixed a bug that caused invalid param/type errors to not be reported properly, in the browser builds that use promises.
 - added the cat.threadPool to the master/1.0/1.x apis
+- Enabled Basic auth in the Angular connector -- Thanks @jeff-french!
 
 ## 1.4 (Jan 30 2014)
 - The trace log messages will now diaplay the actual host connected to (without auth info) unless they are being written to a bash script
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72c3f6127..846d268a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bower install elasticsearch
 ```
 
 ### Download
- - v1.5.4: [zip](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.4.zip), [tar.gz](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.4.tar.gz)
+ - v1.5.5: [zip](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.5.zip), [tar.gz](https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.5.tar.gz)
 
 ## Docs
  - [Quick Start](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/quick-start.html)
diff --git a/docs/about.asciidoc b/docs/about.asciidoc
index 54b9ba9ab..369c1ea97 100644
--- a/docs/about.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/about.asciidoc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bower install elasticsearch
 ---------
 
 ==== Download
- * v1.5.4: https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.4.zip[zip], https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.4.tar.gz[tar.gz]
+ * v1.5.5: https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.5.zip[zip], https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-1.5.5.tar.gz[tar.gz]
 
 
 ==== Angular Build (elasticsearch.angular.js)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9676fbb9..e8f7bd10b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "description": "The official low-level Elasticsearch client for Node.js and the browser.",
   "main": "src/elasticsearch.js",
   "homepage": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/index.html",
-  "version": "1.5.4",
+  "version": "1.5.5",
   "browser": {
     "./src/lib/connectors/index.js": "./src/lib/connectors/browser_index.js",
     "./src/lib/loggers/index.js": "./src/lib/loggers/browser_index.js",