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 ddfbbc6..773ba83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.1](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1) (2025-12-14)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* improved the API docs website ([df9f7b1](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/commit/df9f7b19008189df2ea804885d90de84d16f9d61))
+* improved the API docs website ([966ea5a](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/commit/966ea5a9ccaea76c383a9cedca2feadb1038ce7a))
+* minor corrections to readme ([15fa72d](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/commit/15fa72d7d3b9a5aa3e245801d4c051a765afa598))
+* minor corrections to readme ([3358d23](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/commit/3358d237fe3a34b959e9fb95cb3e3be8b81e4dd8))
+* partitioned readme ([8cf59b1](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/commit/8cf59b15bfa709c6f00d7039615f0fd1d4e36f31))
+* partitioned readme ([30500e7](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/commit/30500e798d94898dd02c72c905ed29740f0be963))
+
 ## [0.5.0](https://github.com/getyourguide/dataframe-expectations/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0) (2025-11-22)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0555f61..91034f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dataframe-expectations"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 description = "Python library designed to validate Pandas and PySpark DataFrames using customizable, reusable expectations"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"