diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Unreleased
+release/004.054 (2015-09-14)
 
     [systemd] New class to allow systemd daemon reloads. (adamhl)
 
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Unreleased
     Clients who are using the base::kerberos::dr class should immediately switch
     to using base::kerberos.  base::kerberos::dr is deprecated.
 
+    [kerberos] Add two parameters to the base::kerberos class. The first
+    is used to force the kerberos client to prefer TCP over UDP. The
+    second allows one to indicate which kerberos environment to use: prod,
+    test, or uat. In both cases, the defaults are such that the krb5.conf
+    will continue to have the same contents as before the addition of
+    these parameters.
+
 release/004.053 (2015-07-28)
 
     [rpm] Adding a dag-EL7.repo file so that EL7 hosts can get a