diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 41d98da..4acadcc 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ authors:
   given-names: Bram
   orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3755-5929
 title: pagexml-tools
-version: 0.4.2
-date-released: 2023-11-22
+version: 0.5.0
+date-released: 2024-03-18
diff --git a/pagexml/__init__.py b/pagexml/__init__.py
index a987347..2b8877c 100644
--- a/pagexml/__init__.py
+++ b/pagexml/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.2'
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bd8db5d..83030aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pagexml-tools"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Utility functions for reading PageXML files"
 authors = ["Marijn Koolen <marijn.koolen@huygens.knaw.nl>", "Bram Buitendijk <bram.buitendijk@di.huc.knaw.nl>"]
 readme = "README.md"