diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 255548028..46186d6d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyterlab/git",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.990",
   "description": "A JupyterLab extension for version control using git",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a51ea4ecd..28e849673 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='jupyterlab_git',
-    version='0.5.0',
+    version='0.5.990',
     author='Git Intern Team - Noah Stapp, Jenna Landy, Alena Mueller; AWS - Jaipreet Singh, Neelam Gehlot; Quansight - Saul Shanabrook',
     description="A server extension for JupyterLab's git extension",
     long_description=long_description,