diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 35d2d5a..0adb1f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sthp"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha2"
+version = "0.5.0-beta1"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 153e66f..b08b10c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sthp"
-version = "0.5.0-alpha2"
+version = "0.5.0-beta1"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Karan Gauswami <karangauswami.dev@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"