diff --git a/src/aind_metadata_service/__init__.py b/src/aind_metadata_service/__init__.py
index 2f54e757..7c1bb502 100644
--- a/src/aind_metadata_service/__init__.py
+++ b/src/aind_metadata_service/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """REST service to retrieve metadata from databases.
 """
-__version__ = "0.4.16"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"