diff --git a/savant/VERSION b/savant/VERSION
index 08b81bc6..d8c257d0 100644
--- a/savant/VERSION
+++ b/savant/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SAVANT=0.5.0
+SAVANT=0.5.1
 SAVANT_RS=0.4.10
 DEEPSTREAM=7.0