diff --git a/.ackrc b/.ackrc
index 0e0073a801..44d645a5d2 100644
--- a/.ackrc
+++ b/.ackrc
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 --ignore-directory=is:.mypy_cache
 --ignore-directory=is:.pytest_cache
 --ignore-directory=is:.ruff_cache
+--ignore-directory=is:.venv
 --ignore-directory=is:site
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 3e1c9acd8f..2fc1f377fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-        poetry-version: ["2.1.3"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
@@ -35,9 +34,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Poetry
-        uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v3
-        with:
-          poetry-version: ${{ matrix.poetry-version }}
+        run: |
+          pipx install poetry --python python${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Setup a local virtual environment (if no poetry.toml file)
         run: |
           poetry config virtualenvs.create true --local
diff --git a/python/CHANGELOG.md b/python/CHANGELOG.md
index ff2aadaa04..3a155bb98e 100644
--- a/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.4] — 2025-11-27
+
+This release only exists to provide necessary functionality for transitioning to the [new author ID system](https://github.com/acl-org/acl-anthology/wiki/Author-Page-Plan).
+
+### Added
+
+- NameSpecification now provides an `orcid` field.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Updated the XML schema to match the data folder.
+
 ## [0.5.3] — 2025-06-22
 
 This release adds more functionality for ingesting new proceedings and modifying existing data.
diff --git a/python/acl_anthology/data/schema.rnc b/python/acl_anthology/data/schema.rnc
index dabcbd8bed..817d4cc60a 100644
--- a/python/acl_anthology/data/schema.rnc
+++ b/python/acl_anthology/data/schema.rnc
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ MarkupText = (text | b | i | url | fixed-case | tex-math )+
 first = element first { xsd:string { pattern="(\S(.*\S)?)?" } }
 last = element last { xsd:string { pattern="\S(.*\S)?" } }
 affiliation = element affiliation { text }
-orcid = element orcid { text }
-google-scholar = element google-scholar{ text }
-semantic-scholar = element semantic-scholar { text }
 Variant = element variant { attribute script { xsd:string }, (first? & last) }
-Person = attribute id { xsd:NCName }?, (first? & last & Variant? & affiliation? & orcid? & google-scholar? & semantic-scholar? )
+# Store bare 16-digit hyphenated ORCID iD with checksum (last char may be X)
+OrcidId = xsd:string { pattern="([0-9]{4}-){3}[0-9]{3}[0-9X]" }
+
+Person =
+  attribute id { xsd:NCName }?,
+  attribute orcid { OrcidId }?,
+  (first? & last & Variant? & affiliation?)
 
 local-filename = xsd:string { pattern="[A-Za-z0-9._\-]+" }
 bibtex-key = xsd:string { pattern="[A-Za-z0-9\-]+" }
diff --git a/python/acl_anthology/people/name.py b/python/acl_anthology/people/name.py
index 289787dbf0..6d8e1bad41 100644
--- a/python/acl_anthology/people/name.py
+++ b/python/acl_anthology/people/name.py
@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ class NameSpecification:
 
     Attributes:
         name: The person's name.
-        id: Unique ID for the person that this name refers to.  Defaults to `None`.
-        affiliation: Professional affiliation.  Defaults to `None`.
+        id: Unique ID for the person that this name refers to.
+        orcid: An ORCID that was supplied together with this name.
+        affiliation: Professional affiliation.
         variants: Variant spellings of this name in different scripts.
 
     Note:
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ class NameSpecification:
 
     name: Name = field(converter=_Name_from)
     id: Optional[str] = field(default=None, validator=v.optional(v.instance_of(str)))
+    orcid: Optional[str] = field(default=None, validator=v.optional(v.instance_of(str)))
     affiliation: Optional[str] = field(
         default=None, validator=v.optional(v.instance_of(str))
     )
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ def from_xml(cls, person: etree._Element) -> NameSpecification:
         return cls(
             Name(first, cast(str, last)),
             id=person.get("id"),
+            orcid=person.get("orcid"),
             affiliation=affiliation,
             variants=variants,
         )
@@ -336,6 +339,8 @@ def to_xml(self, tag: str = "author") -> etree._Element:
         elem = etree.Element(tag)
         if self.id is not None:
             elem.set("id", self.id)
+        if self.orcid is not None:
+            elem.set("orcid", self.orcid)
         elem.extend(
             (
                 E.first(self.first) if self.first else E.first(),
diff --git a/python/justfile b/python/justfile
index 0e47f67d39..dcc05c2627 100644
--- a/python/justfile
+++ b/python/justfile
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ prepare-new-release VERSION: no-uncommitted-changes check test-all test-integrat
   echo "(To undo: git reset HEAD~ )"
   echo ""
   echo "Next steps:"
-  echo "  1. git tag py-v$VERSION && git push --tags"
-  echo "  2. poetry publish"
-  echo "  3. Create PR python-dev -> master"
+  echo "  1. Create PR to master, then after merging:"
+  echo "  2. git tag py-v$VERSION && git push --tags"
+  echo "  3. poetry publish"
   echo "  4. (optionally) Create a release on Github"
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 965d39c201..a8e2b4037b 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ name = "acl-anthology"
 packages = [
     { include = "acl_anthology" },
 ]
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 description = "A library for accessing the ACL Anthology"
 authors = [
     { name = "Marcel Bollmann", email = "marcel@bollmann.me" },