diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index cb93d6b..c25a38e 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 5.0.0
+current_version = 5.0.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b458a84..c5d376e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 setup(
     name='pysimdjson',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version='5.0.0',
+    version='5.0.1',
     description='simdjson bindings for python',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',