From 96970352f6658c3001eb8b491e0e6c7d86bbce10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarquessV <MarquessV@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:55:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: prepare release 3.5.5-rc.0 [skip ci]

---
 V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md | 6 ++++++
 pyproject.toml             | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md b/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
index 5a91f2e9e..4809cab93 100644
--- a/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/V4_PRERELEASE_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 3.5.5-rc.0
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Program declarations should be empty after copy_everything_except_instructions (#1614)
+
 ## 4.0.0-rc.50
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f459ac4b..a4991049d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pyquil"
-version = "4.0.0-rc.50"
+version = "3.5.5-rc.0"
 description = "A Python library for creating Quantum Instruction Language (Quil) programs."
 authors = ["Rigetti Computing <softapps@rigetti.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"