diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2876846..f1dbbc3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Two things stall an agent building on Rome: **hallucinated facts** (wrong ids, a
 Repo-first (npm publish pending):
 
 ```bash
-npm install -g github:rome-protocol/rome-cli#v0.4.0
+npm install -g github:rome-protocol/rome-cli#v0.5.0
 # or run without installing:
-npx github:rome-protocol/rome-cli#v0.4.0 facts chain hadrian
+npx github:rome-protocol/rome-cli#v0.5.0 facts chain hadrian
 ```
 
 ## CLI
diff --git a/docs/GUIDES.md b/docs/GUIDES.md
index 28b8be7..1f5a193 100644
--- a/docs/GUIDES.md
+++ b/docs/GUIDES.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Give your coding agent grounded Rome facts so it stops guessing addresses and se
 
 **1. Install** (repo-first; npm publish pending):
 ```bash
-npm install -g github:rome-protocol/rome-cli#v0.4.0
+npm install -g github:rome-protocol/rome-cli#v0.5.0
 ```
 
 **2. Register the MCP server** in your client's config. You don't run or host anything — the client launches `rome mcp` on demand.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f573199..e506664 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rome-protocol/cli",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "rome — the Rome Protocol dev CLI and MCP server: grounded chain facts and build patterns for humans and AI agents.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {