diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad6e5aec0..3371fe307 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rust-htslib"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 authors = ["Christopher Schröder <christopher.schroeder@tu-dortmund.de>", "Johannes Köster <johannes.koester@tu-dortmund.de>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 description = "This library provides HTSlib bindings and a high level Rust API for reading and writing BAM files."