diff --git a/scarches/__init__.py b/scarches/__init__.py
index 2800fd0f..d37472de 100755
--- a/scarches/__init__.py
+++ b/scarches/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
     'sergei.rybakov@helmholtz-muenchen.de'
 ])
 
-__version__ = '0.5.9'
+__version__ = '0.5.10'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f42441e2..8af69578 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     from scarches import __author__, __email__, __version__
 except ImportError:  # Deps not yet installed
     __author__ = __email__ = ''
-    __version__ = '0.5.9'
+    __version__ = '0.5.10'
 
 # otherwise readthedocs fails
 # because somewhere in the dependency tree there is the sklearn deprecated package