diff --git a/minecraft/__init__.py b/minecraft/__init__.py
index c2dd1e7..8b980bf 100644
--- a/minecraft/__init__.py
+++ b/minecraft/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A modern, Python3-compatible, well-documented library for communicating
 with a MineCraft server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
 
 SUPPORTED_MINECRAFT_VERSIONS = {
     '1.8':         47,