diff --git a/llama_cpp.version b/llama_cpp.version
index 1474d00..b043aa6 100644
--- a/llama_cpp.version
+++ b/llama_cpp.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.2.0
+v0.5.0
diff --git a/scripts/release_contract_test.py b/scripts/release_contract_test.py
index d5436a4..e55913e 100644
--- a/scripts/release_contract_test.py
+++ b/scripts/release_contract_test.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def test_ordinary_pin_accepts_either_upstream_channel(self) -> None:
         """scripts/verify_ci_reliability.py gates llama_cpp.version with this parser."""
         pin_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "llama_cpp.version"
         pin_contents = pin_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-        self.assertEqual(pin_contents, "v0.2.0\n")
+        self.assertEqual(pin_contents, "v0.5.0\n")
         pin = pin_contents.removesuffix("\n")
         self.assertIn(
             parse_upstream_tag(pin).channel, (Channel.STABLE, Channel.DEVELOPMENT)