diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83d2e04..3aec13f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cesride"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Cryptographic primitives for use with Composable Event Streaming Representation (CESR)"
 license = "Apache-2.0"