diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c5c4e6f..916cf897 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ipylab",
-  "version": "0.5.1",
+  "version": "0.5.2",
   "description": "Control JupyterLab from Python notebooks",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",