# Strapi v5.54.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.54.0
- **Released:** Sep 16, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.54.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.54.0. Source highlight: 🎉 The new Media Library is here!

## New Features
- **i18n:** record locale management in audit logs (#27547)
- **upload:** add MCP scaffolding and read tools to the upload plugin (#27523)
- **upload:** add the media_update_asset MCP tool (#27574)
- **upload:** make the new Media Library the default (#27606)
- **upload:** manage media library folders over MCP (#27576)
- **upload:** move media library assets over MCP (#27578)

## Bug Fixes
- restore tests workflow (#27626)
- home test failing on new media library upload (#27629)
- **admin:** stop treating access-token expiry as a logout (#27424)
- **admin:** stop forwarding type onto TimePicker (#27632)
- **content-manager:** prevent mobile actions drawer from covering fields (#27588)
- **content-manager:** back after publishing a new entry returns to a pre-filled create form (#27604)