diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f1c1e58..210d290 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.5.0"
+  ".": "0.5.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4af957..6603da5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes are listed here. Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/);
 versions follow [SemVer](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.5.1](https://github.com/smorin/toggle/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1) (2026-07-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* use schema-valid 'default' object in .contributors.yml ([#47](https://github.com/smorin/toggle/issues/47)) ([d8c08ed](https://github.com/smorin/toggle/commit/d8c08eda1f8361aa92e7393b167f42985aafad18))
+
 ## [0.5.0](https://github.com/smorin/toggle/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0) (2026-05-30)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fda5c76..380614d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "togl"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "togl-ffi"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cbindgen",
  "serde",
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "togl-lib"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "criterion",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d741c42..6b91885 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["crates/togl-lib", "crates/togl-cli", "crates/togl-ffi"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Steve Morin"]
 license = "MIT"