diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 210d290..258342d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.5.1"
+  ".": "0.5.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8755970..33e8bf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.2](https://github.com/eoleedi/syllabify/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2) (2026-07-06)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* update the example to match the new behavior ([057f190](https://github.com/eoleedi/syllabify/commit/057f190664ea4ec165924556f9e18c4c3caeda6b))
+
 ## [0.5.1](https://github.com/eoleedi/syllabify/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1) (2026-06-16)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 18aceb7..102bea5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "syllabify"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 description = "Automatically convert plain text into phonemes (US English pronunciation) and syllabify"
 authors = [
   { name = "Fong-Chun Tsai", email = "eoleedimin@gmail.com" },