diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 428be68..5762eb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rqlite_client"
-version = "0.0.1-alpha.4"
+version = "0.0.1-alpha.5"
 authors = ["Markus Kolb"]
 description = "rqlite database client with optional extra convenience"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/rqlite_client/"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/"
 license = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.67.0"
-publish = false
+publish = true
 keywords = ["rqlite", "database", "sql", "migration"]
 categories = ["database"]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce40fd2..61b36bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintenance-activly--developed-brightgreen.svg)
 [![Rust](https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/actions/workflows/rust.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/actions/workflows/rust.yml)
 
-# rqlite_client v0.0.1-alpha.4
+# rqlite_client v0.0.1-alpha.5
 
 
 This is an __rqlite__ database client library with optional extra _convenience_.
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ See [`Query`](https://docs.rs/rqlite_client/latest/rqlite_client/struct.Query.ht
 
 ## Current version
 
-[Source https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/tree/v0.0.1-alpha.4](https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/tree/v0.0.1-alpha.4)  
-[Download https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/releases/tag/v0.0.1-alpha.4](https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/releases/tag/v0.0.1-alpha.4)
+[Source https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/tree/v0.0.1-alpha.5](https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/tree/v0.0.1-alpha.5)  
+[Download https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/releases/tag/v0.0.1-alpha.5](https://github.com/kolbma/rs_rqlite_client/releases/tag/v0.0.1-alpha.5)
 
 ## License