diff --git a/rclcpp/package.xml b/rclcpp/package.xml
index 0df4a24..ee91db3 100644
--- a/rclcpp/package.xml
+++ b/rclcpp/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rclcpp</name>
-  <version>0.5.0</version>
+  <version>0.5.1</version>
   <description>The ROS client library in C++.</description>
   <maintainer email="dthomas@osrfoundation.org">Dirk Thomas</maintainer>
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>
diff --git a/rclcpp_lifecycle/package.xml b/rclcpp_lifecycle/package.xml
index ed484af..4ffe033 100644
--- a/rclcpp_lifecycle/package.xml
+++ b/rclcpp_lifecycle/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rclcpp_lifecycle</name>
-  <version>0.5.0</version>
+  <version>0.5.1</version>
   <description>Package containing a prototype for lifecycle implementation</description>
   <maintainer email="karsten@osrfoundation.org">Karsten Knese</maintainer>
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>