diff --git a/build/Version.props b/build/Version.props
index 6a908f98fd..ef2f652396 100644
--- a/build/Version.props
+++ b/build/Version.props
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <TgsCommonLibraryVersion>6.0.1</TgsCommonLibraryVersion>
     <TgsApiLibraryVersion>11.1.2</TgsApiLibraryVersion>
     <TgsClientVersion>12.1.2</TgsClientVersion>
-    <TgsDmapiVersion>6.5.3</TgsDmapiVersion>
+    <TgsDmapiVersion>6.5.4</TgsDmapiVersion>
     <TgsInteropVersion>5.6.1</TgsInteropVersion>
     <TgsHostWatchdogVersion>1.4.0</TgsHostWatchdogVersion>
     <TgsContainerScriptVersion>1.2.1</TgsContainerScriptVersion>
diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm
index 6187a67825..d0466b806f 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // tgstation-server DMAPI
 
-#define TGS_DMAPI_VERSION "6.5.3"
+#define TGS_DMAPI_VERSION "6.5.4"
 
 // All functions and datums outside this document are subject to change with any version and should not be relied on.
 
diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
index 41a0473394..aa4084904b 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@
 /world/TgsSecurityLevel()
 	var/datum/tgs_api/api = TGS_READ_GLOBAL(tgs)
 	if(api)
-		api.SecurityLevel()
+		return api.SecurityLevel()