diff --git a/kong/__init__.py b/kong/__init__.py
index 4f31297..2d37945 100644
--- a/kong/__init__.py
+++ b/kong/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Asynchronous Kong client"""
 
-__version__ = '0.5.3'
+__version__ = '0.5.4'
diff --git a/kong/plugins.py b/kong/plugins.py
index 06951cd..91f1515 100644
--- a/kong/plugins.py
+++ b/kong/plugins.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ def plugins(self):
 
 
 async def consumer_id_from_username(cli, params):
-    if 'consumer.id' in params:
-        c = await cli.consumers.get(params['consumer.id'])
-        params['consumer.id'] = c['id']
+    if 'id' in (params.get('consumer') or {}):
+        c = await cli.consumers.get(params['consumer']['id'])
+        params['consumer']['id'] = c['id']
     return params