diff --git a/pycromanager/_version.py b/pycromanager/_version.py
index 009fe535..08038632 100644
--- a/pycromanager/_version.py
+++ b/pycromanager/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (0, 5, 0)
+version_info = (0, 5, 1)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))