diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8245662226..f16c9a53e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [5.5.0](https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-app/compare/v5.4.0...v5.5.0) (2022-08-07)
+
+### Features
+
+- make session.user.id non-nullable ([#282](https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-app/issues/282)) ([6a81f03](https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-app/commit/6a81f03bfafdf77c1c82b7972a97e3e54d77935c))
+
 ## [5.4.0](https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-app/compare/v5.3.0...v5.4.0) (2022-08-02)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcce1ad497..1eeb125889 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-t3-app",
-  "version": "5.4.0",
+  "version": "5.5.0",
   "description": "Create web application with the t3 stack",
   "author": "Shoubhit Dash <shoubhit2005@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/template/addons/next-auth/next-auth.d.ts b/template/addons/next-auth/next-auth.d.ts
index a108954cce..e25ea19458 100644
--- a/template/addons/next-auth/next-auth.d.ts
+++ b/template/addons/next-auth/next-auth.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ declare module "next-auth" {
    */
   interface Session {
     user?: {
-      id?: string;
+      id: string;
     } & DefaultSession["user"];
   }
 }