diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab11c35..849033f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 !*.jpg
 !MANIFEST.MF
 !*.yml
+!CITATION.cff
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e1596d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Parkoła"
+  given-names: "Tomasz"
+- family-names: "Stanisławczyk"
+  given-names: "Mariusz"
+- family-names: "Cummings"
+  given-names: "James"
+- family-names: "Burnard"
+  given-names: "Lou"
+- family-names: "Rahtz"
+  given-names: "Sebastian"  
+- family-names: "Werla"
+  given-names: "Marcin"  
+- family-names: "Mittelbach"
+  given-names: "Arno"
+- family-names: "Cayless"
+  given-names: "Hugh"
+- family-names: "Viglianti"
+  given-names: "Raffaele"
+- family-names: "Röwenstrunk"
+  given-names: "Daniel"
+- family-names: "Stadler"
+  given-names: "Peter"
+- family-names: "Ferger"
+  given-names: "Anne"
+title: "ege-framework"
+version: 0.5.4
+date-released: 2023-12-21
+url: "https://github.com/TEIC/ege-framework"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69c732a..bdd5a2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# TEIGarage/MEIGarage
+# ege-framework [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/372424108.svg)](https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10419401)
+
+## TEIGarage/MEIGarage
 
 This repository is a dependency used in the [TEIGarage](https://github.com/TEIC/TEIGarage) and/or [MEIGarage](https://github.com/Edirom/MEIGarage) project which are based on the proven [OxGarage](https://github.com/TEIC/oxgarage). 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec94a74..92502d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>pl.psnc.dl.ege</groupId>
   <artifactId>ege-framework</artifactId>
-  <version>0.5.3</version>
+  <version>0.5.4</version>
   <name>EGE Framework</name>
   <properties>