diff --git a/apprise/__init__.py b/apprise/__init__.py
index 1c4657e1..d25dd04a 100644
--- a/apprise/__init__.py
+++ b/apprise/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
 __title__ = 'apprise'
-__version__ = '0.0.9'
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
 __author__ = 'Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
 __license__ = 'GPLv3'
 __copywrite__ = 'Copyright 2017-2018 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2650f097..71b33898 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='apprise',
-    version='0.0.9',
+    version='0.5.0',
     description='A universal notification service',
     license='GPLv3',
     long_description=open('README').read(),