diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 853fe2d7bf42b..d92d17e9ebed0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10050,7 +10050,7 @@
     },
     "workspaces/arborist": {
       "name": "@npmcli/arborist",
-      "version": "5.4.0",
+      "version": "5.5.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md
index 086923db3b41e..4928e162afa0c 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.5.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/arborist-v5.4.0...arborist-v5.5.0) (2022-08-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **arborist:** add option to forcibly skip loading a virtual tree ([96b6781](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/96b6781086143d7285c2c5bf7808c24b2c87e4dd))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **query:** tell arborist to load an actual tree, not a virtual one ([9078e27](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/9078e27cef0233d6fc81e0ca824a34fd7685d93c))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* nopt@6.0.0 ([7f31b85](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/7f31b85db650c7a2b3b0577840251f5e25e63a01))
+
 ## [5.4.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/arborist-v5.3.1...arborist-v5.4.0) (2022-08-03)
 
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/package.json b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
index 98b183091ca4e..e76a87a32e86b 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@npmcli/arborist",
-  "version": "5.4.0",
+  "version": "5.5.0",
   "description": "Manage node_modules trees",
   "dependencies": {
     "@isaacs/string-locale-compare": "^1.1.0",