diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8f0916f768f0487bcf8d33827ce2c8dcecb645c1..4b9fcbec101a6ff8ec68e0f95131ccda4861407f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.0
+0.5.1