diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c71dd3a..819b18a 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
 endif()
 
 project(CLIPPy
-    VERSION 0.5
+    VERSION 0.5.1
     DESCRIPTION "Command Line Interface Plus Python"
     LANGUAGES CXX)
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/clippy/version.hpp b/cpp/include/clippy/version.hpp
index 8421cf2..a203491 100644
--- a/cpp/include/clippy/version.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/clippy/version.hpp
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 #define CLIPPY_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define CLIPPY_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define CLIPPY_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define CLIPPY_VERSION_NAME "0.5.0"
+#define CLIPPY_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define CLIPPY_VERSION_NAME "0.5.1"
diff --git a/py/pyproject.toml b/py/pyproject.toml
index 022db43..00cdace 100644
--- a/py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/py/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "llnl-clippy"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 authors = [
   { name="Roger Pearce"}, { name="Seth Bromberger"}
 ]
diff --git a/py/src/clippy/config.py b/py/src/clippy/config.py
index f20c598..85d5834 100644
--- a/py/src/clippy/config.py
+++ b/py/src/clippy/config.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     # backends to use for Clippy.
     "backends": ("CLIPPY_BACKENDS", ["fs"]),
     # semver version restrictions for the backend
-    "required_versions": ("CLIPPY_REQ_VERSIONS", ">=0.2.0"),
+    "required_versions": ("CLIPPY_REQ_VERSIONS", ">=0.5.0"),
     # command prefix used to specify clippy task management with the HPC cluster
     # for instance, if using slurm this could be set to 'srun -n1 -ppdebug'
     "cmd_prefix": ("CLIPPY_CMD_PREFIX", ""),