diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80a1fc3b2..8d433430c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
     "pretest": "node-gyp rebuild -C test",
     "test": "node test"
   },
-  "version": "0.4.0"
+  "version": "0.5.0"
 }