diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b2d492..d4f2201 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@noble/ciphers",
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Auditable & minimal JS implementation of Salsa20, ChaCha and AES",
   "files": [
     "esm",