diff --git a/cleantext/__init__.py b/cleantext/__init__.py
index 5aa1e93..08dcbb1 100644
--- a/cleantext/__init__.py
+++ b/cleantext/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
 
 from .clean import *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2297d0..3f756c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ packages = [
   {include = "cleantext"},
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 emoji = "*"