diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 64bef3b..6aad973 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "generic_a_star"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "binary-heap-plus",
  "compare",
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lib_ts_chainalign"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "binary-heap-plus",
  "bincode",
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lib_tsalign"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "binary-heap-plus",
  "compact-genome",
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lib_tsshow"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "ena",
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "py_lib_tsalign"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "compact-genome",
  "lib_tsalign",
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ checksum = "cf54715a573b99ac80df0bc206da022bcd442c974952c7b9720069370852e21f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "seed_chain"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "compact-genome",
  "generic_a_star",
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ checksum = "2b939c825d0c4295ac520f7b479927c1e5b458c9107a9d6f5ba65bc867bb93a5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tsalign"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tsalign-tests"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/generic_a_star/Cargo.toml b/generic_a_star/Cargo.toml
index 8cd9e0b..5f61c8d 100644
--- a/generic_a_star/Cargo.toml
+++ b/generic_a_star/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "generic_a_star"
 description = "A generic implementation of the A* algorithm"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/lib_ts_chainalign/Cargo.toml b/lib_ts_chainalign/Cargo.toml
index 83b3b2e..4025d61 100644
--- a/lib_ts_chainalign/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib_ts_chainalign/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 name = "lib_ts_chainalign"
 description = "A chaining-based sequence-to-sequence aligner that accounts for template switches"
 authors = ["Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>"]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../generic_a_star" }
-lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_tsalign" }
+generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../generic_a_star" }
+lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_tsalign" }
 ndarray = { version = "0.17.1", features = ["serde"] }
 num-traits.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/lib_tsalign/Cargo.toml b/lib_tsalign/Cargo.toml
index 612176d..581ddad 100644
--- a/lib_tsalign/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib_tsalign/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "lib_tsalign"
 description = "A sequence-to-sequence aligner that accounts for template switches"
 authors = ["Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>"]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 num-traits.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 noisy_float = { version = "0.2.0" }
-generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../generic_a_star" }
+generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../generic_a_star" }
 log.workspace = true
 rustc-hash = "2.1.1"
-seed_chain = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../seed_chain" }
+seed_chain = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../seed_chain" }
 extend_map = "0.14.3"
 template-switch-error-free-inners = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/lib_tsshow/Cargo.toml b/lib_tsshow/Cargo.toml
index 88a73cd..a5d6e14 100644
--- a/lib_tsshow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib_tsshow/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ name = "lib_tsshow"
 description = "A visualiser for template-switch alignments"
 license.workspace = true
 authors = ["Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>"]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_tsalign" }
+lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_tsalign" }
 log.workspace = true
 svg = "0.18.0"
 resvg = "0.48.1"
diff --git a/python_bindings/Cargo.toml b/python_bindings/Cargo.toml
index 68aa65f..1a32d89 100644
--- a/python_bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python_bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = [
     "Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>",
     "Jasper Krauter <jasper.krauter@helsinki.fi>",
 ]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 pyo3 = "0.26"
-lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_tsalign", features = [
+lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_tsalign", features = [
     "serde",
 ] }
-lib_tsshow = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_tsshow" }
+lib_tsshow = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_tsshow" }
 serde.workspace = true
 pythonize = "0.26"
 pyo3-log = "0.13"
diff --git a/seed_chain/Cargo.toml b/seed_chain/Cargo.toml
index dce122e..79cb003 100644
--- a/seed_chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/seed_chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "seed_chain"
 description = "A seeding and generic chaining mechanism for sequence-to-sequence alignment"
 license.workspace = true
 authors = ["Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>"]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ repository.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 compact-genome.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
-generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../generic_a_star" }
+generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../generic_a_star" }
 num-traits.workspace = true
diff --git a/tsalign-tests/Cargo.toml b/tsalign-tests/Cargo.toml
index 6ab0648..bdc0632 100644
--- a/tsalign-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tsalign-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "tsalign-tests"
 license.workspace = true
 authors = ["Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>", "Jasper Krauter <jasper.krauter@helsinki.fi>"]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/tsalign/Cargo.toml b/tsalign/Cargo.toml
index f1d9e72..df78cf6 100644
--- a/tsalign/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tsalign/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "tsalign"
 description = "A sequence-to-sequence aligner that accounts for template switches"
 license.workspace = true
 authors = ["Sebastian Schmidt <sebastian.schmidt@helsinki.fi>"]
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.0.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ strategy_total_length_maximise = []
 default = ["strategy_total_length_maximise", "alphabet_dna", "alphabet_dna_n"]
 
 [dependencies]
-generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../generic_a_star" }
-lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_tsalign", features = [
+generic_a_star = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../generic_a_star" }
+lib_tsalign = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_tsalign", features = [
     "serde",
 ] }
-lib_ts_chainalign = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_ts_chainalign" }
-lib_tsshow = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../lib_tsshow" }
+lib_ts_chainalign = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_ts_chainalign" }
+lib_tsshow = { version = "5.0.1", path = "../lib_tsshow" }
 clap.workspace = true
 compact-genome = { workspace = true, features = ["io"] }
 traitsequence.workspace = true