diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/core/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_tuple__ = (0, 4, 4)
-__version__ = '0.4.4'
+__version_tuple__ = (0, 5, 0)
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
Release <I> of vaex-core