diff --git a/client/setup.cfg b/client/setup.cfg
index c03dfcffb..40b5a04fe 100644
--- a/client/setup.cfg
+++ b/client/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = tinychain
-version = 0.5.0
+version = 0.5.1
 author = The TinyChain Contributors
 author_email = haydn@tinychain.net
 description = A Python client for TinyChain: http://git.io/JtryR