diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ec63d9a..ef0f485 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = smbus3
-version = 0.5.4
+version = 0.5.5
 author = Elliott Indiran
 author_email = elliott.indiran@protonmail.com
 description = smbus3 is a drop-in replacement for smbus2, smbus-cffi, smbus-python written in pure Python, intended for use with Python 3.8+ on Unix-like systems
diff --git a/smbus3/__init__.py b/smbus3/__init__.py
index c598ecc..df33940 100644
--- a/smbus3/__init__.py
+++ b/smbus3/__init__.py
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 from .smbus3 import I2C_M_Bitflag, I2cFunc, SMBus, i2c_msg
 
-__version__ = "0.5.4"
+__version__ = "0.5.5"
 __all__ = ["SMBus", "i2c_msg", "I2cFunc", "I2C_M_Bitflag", "__version__"]
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 8ad006b..5d6da16 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .test_datatypes import TestDataTypes
 from .test_smbus3 import TestI2CMsg, TestI2CMsgRDWR, TestSMBus, TestSMBusWrapper
 
-__version__ = "0.5.4"
+__version__ = "0.5.5"
 __all__ = ["TestDataTypes", "TestI2CMsg", "TestI2CMsgRDWR", "TestSMBus", "TestSMBusWrapper"]