diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce4ade97..c5cc51a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.0.5] - 2025-11-26
+
+### Changed
+- Configured Trusted Publishing for secure automated PyPI deployments
+
 ## [0.0.4] - 2025-11-26
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c885739..bc1547db 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "semantica"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.0.5"
 description = "🧠 Semantica - An Open Source Framework for building Semantic Layers and Knowledge Engineering "
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
diff --git a/semantica/__init__.py b/semantica/__init__.py
index f79db559..c7fc06bc 100644
--- a/semantica/__init__.py
+++ b/semantica/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Main exports:
     - build: Module-level build function for easy access
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.0.4"
+__version__ = "0.0.5"
 __author__ = "Semantica Contributors"
 __license__ = "MIT"