diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7161c9e..41d14bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sodium-javascript",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "WIP - a pure javascript version of sodium-native",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {