diff --git a/src/msapi_utf8.h b/src/msapi_utf8.h
index d4306864..740c75de 100644
--- a/src/msapi_utf8.h
+++ b/src/msapi_utf8.h
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ static __inline int GetWindowTextU(HWND hWnd, char* lpString, int nMaxCount)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	DWORD err = ERROR_INVALID_DATA;
+	// Handle the empty string as GetWindowTextW() returns 0 then
+	if ((lpString != NULL) && (nMaxCount > 0))
+		lpString[0] = 0;
 	// coverity[returned_null]
 	walloc(lpString, nMaxCount);
 	ret = GetWindowTextW(hWnd, wlpString, nMaxCount);
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 2a64f3ab..36a846ee 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.7.1553"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.7.1554"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,7,1553,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,7,1553,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,7,1554,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,7,1554,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://akeo.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.7.1553"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.7.1554"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2019 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.7.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.7.1553"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.7.1554"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"