diff --git a/lexmapr/__init__.py b/lexmapr/__init__.py
index 222c11cf..9bdd4d27 100644
--- a/lexmapr/__init__.py
+++ b/lexmapr/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.0'
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+__version__ = '0.5.0'
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