diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f91d14..92f1678 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "jschardet",
-    "version": "1.4.2",
+    "version": "1.5.0",
     "description": "Character encoding auto-detection in JavaScript (port of python's chardet)",
     "main": "src/init",
     "author": "António Afonso",