diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ad48adfb9..722c7d857 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 5.0.1.dev0
+current_version = 5.1.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 sign_tags = True
diff --git a/omero_figure/utils.py b/omero_figure/utils.py
index e0c6d8346..8a9cbf7bb 100644
--- a/omero_figure/utils.py
+++ b/omero_figure/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 
-__version__ = "5.0.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "5.1.0"
 
 
 def read_file(fname, content_type=None):