diff --git a/docs/packages/srsly.yaml b/docs/packages/srsly.yaml
index daca5adcafd..ef8bf376fff 100644
--- a/docs/packages/srsly.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/srsly.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ versions:
   - filename: srsly-2.5.3-cp314-cp314t-manylinux_2_31_riscv64.manylinux_2_39_riscv64.whl
     sha256: 69e43bf0cbf57b538ee88f87b1183bc395a039c38f880cf0e066342f54997edc
     requires-python: <3.15,>=3.9
+- version: 2.5.4
diff --git a/patches/srsly/2.5.4/0001-package-the-vendored-ruamel.yaml-licence-with-the-wh.patch b/patches/srsly/2.5.4/0001-package-the-vendored-ruamel.yaml-licence-with-the-wh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..faae78c4188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/srsly/2.5.4/0001-package-the-vendored-ruamel.yaml-licence-with-the-wh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ludovic Henry <git@ludovic.dev>
+Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 04:43:26 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] package the vendored ruamel.yaml licence with the wheels
+
+Upstream-Status: To upstream [not yet submitted; the same gap is in every srsly 2.x wheel on PyPI and srsly 3.0.0 unvendors the library altogether, so this needs a maintainer decision on the 2.x line rather than a drive-by PR]
+
+srsly vendors ruamel.yaml under srsly/ruamel_yaml and ships it in every
+wheel, but srsly/ruamel_yaml/LICENSE is not packaged: MANIFEST.in only
+recurses over source files and PACKAGE_DATA only globs *.pyx/*.pxd/*.c/
+*.h/*.cpp, so the wheel carries srsly's own MIT LICENSE alone. None of
+the vendored ruamel.yaml modules carries a copyright header either, so
+nothing in the wheel reproduces the notice its MIT licence requires to
+travel with copies.
+
+The other vendored trees do not have this problem -- ujson, msgpack and
+cloudpickle each keep their full licence text in the sources that ship in
+the wheel (srsly/ujson/lib/ultrajson.h, srsly/msgpack/pack.h,
+srsly/cloudpickle/cloudpickle.py).
+
+Copying the file to the project root as LICENSE.ruamel_yaml needs no
+packaging change: setuptools' default license_files glob is LICEN[CS]E*
+at the root, so it lands in the wheel's dist-info/licenses/ beside
+srsly's own.
+
+Signed-off-by: Ludovic Henry <git@ludovic.dev>
+---
+ LICENSE.ruamel_yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 LICENSE.ruamel_yaml
+
+diff --git a/LICENSE.ruamel_yaml b/LICENSE.ruamel_yaml
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..5b863d3
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/LICENSE.ruamel_yaml
+@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
++ The MIT License (MIT)
++
++ Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Anthon van der Neut, Ruamel bvba
++
++ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
++ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
++ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
++ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
++ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
++ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
++
++ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
++ all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
++
++ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
++ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
++ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
++ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
++ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
++ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
++ SOFTWARE.