diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa2539d..1588be6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "general-sam"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "A general suffix automaton implementation in Rust"