diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b2729b488613753e57ebcb51bac07a64dadf0c39..e0ce185fe8d1ace10257f4ab56d2380f4567cf98 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 GROUP=org.briarproject
 # POM_ARTIFACT_ID is set in the module's gradle.properties
-VERSION_NAME=0.0.4
+VERSION_NAME=0.0.5
 POM_NAME=Onion Wrapper
 POM_DESCRIPTION=A Java library providing a wrapper for running a Tor client.
 POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2023