diff --git a/docs/release-process.md b/docs/release-process.md
index 62af0e6..6260129 100644
--- a/docs/release-process.md
+++ b/docs/release-process.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Process
 
-1. Bump version number in `pyproject.toml`, generate the setup.py file, and git tag release
+1. Bump version number in `pyproject.toml` and `hwilib/__init__.py`, generate the setup.py file, and git tag release
 2. Build distribution archives for PyPi with `contrib/build_dist.sh`
 3. For MacOS and Linux, use `contrib/build_bin.sh`. This needs to be run on a MacOS machine for the MacOS binary and on a Linux machine for the linux one.
 4. For Windows, use `contrib/build_wine.sh` to build the Windows binary using wine
diff --git a/hwilib/__init__.py b/hwilib/__init__.py
index e69de29..eead319 100644
--- a/hwilib/__init__.py
+++ b/hwilib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.0.5'