diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f78cf795..0cdd621c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Although convenient, many API Client libraries introduce many heavyweight depend
 ```kotlin
 dependencies {
     // install the platform...
-    implementation(platform("org.http4k:http4k-connect-bom:5.23.0.0"))
+    implementation(platform("org.http4k:http4k-connect-bom:5.24.0.0"))
 
     // ...then choose an API Client
     implementation("org.http4k:http4k-connect-amazon-s3")
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index fb31d837..b19d041d 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
     "connect": {
-        "version": "5.23.0.0"
+        "version": "5.24.0.0"
     }
 }