diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9724ed0..9bb43aa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ target_include_directories(
   PUBLIC "./include"
   PRIVATE "./src")
 set_target_properties(hyprutils PROPERTIES VERSION ${hyprutils_VERSION}
-                                           SOVERSION 3)
+                                           SOVERSION 4)
 target_link_libraries(hyprutils PkgConfig::deps)
 
 # tests
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1d0ba9e..8f0916f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.0
+0.5.0