diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5bfb0fe7..c33d5194 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def run_tests(self) -> None:
 
 setup(
     name="fastkml",
-    version="1.0.alpha.4",
+    version="1.0.alpha.5",
     description="Fast KML processing in python",
     long_description=(
         open("README.rst").read()