diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c52db9804044d3f4965e264bfe9253ccb534da2d..167b000b4d3c7c3dac98df16da9d14c916efc852 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.3
\ No newline at end of file
+0.5.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hooks.yaml b/hooks.yaml
index 821dc760e04fbede5465e1dd8ee739bc1e9c7152..74771c9ed8c56984531f167e5206ede200a2ce04 100644
--- a/hooks.yaml
+++ b/hooks.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
   description: A shell script static analysis tool
   language: system
   entry: shellcheck
+  args: ['--external-sources']
   files: *shell_scripts