diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 495b5f323..f556a92bb 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
 # the built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.5.0"
+release = "0.5.1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/memote/__init__.py b/memote/__init__.py
index c645d2e9e..d08928c35 100644
--- a/memote/__init__.py
+++ b/memote/__init__.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 __author__ = "Moritz E. Beber"
 __email__ = "morbeb@biosustain.dtu.dk"
-__version__ = "0.5.0"
+__version__ = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f354f600b..6239d4811 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.0
+current_version = 0.5.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c78cbded8..4b6039b52 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="memote",
-    version="0.5.0",
+    version="0.5.1",
     description="the genome-scale metabolic model test suite",
     long_description=readme,
     author="Moritz E. Beber",