diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c44924f5..a5a997bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mdbook"
-version = "0.4.52"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ammonia",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cf8e05fd..fef052e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mdbook-core = { path = "crates/mdbook-core" }
 
 [package]
 name = "mdbook"
-version = "0.4.52"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.1"
 authors = [
     "Mathieu David <mathieudavid@mathieudavid.org>",
     "Michael-F-Bryan <michaelfbryan@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/examples/remove-emphasis/mdbook-remove-emphasis/Cargo.toml b/examples/remove-emphasis/mdbook-remove-emphasis/Cargo.toml
index 0ef48dd5..44f9bdd0 100644
--- a/examples/remove-emphasis/mdbook-remove-emphasis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/remove-emphasis/mdbook-remove-emphasis/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-mdbook = { version = "0.4.40", path = "../../.." }
+mdbook = { path = "../../.." }
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.12.2", default-features = false }
 pulldown-cmark-to-cmark = "18.0.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.132"