diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-client.yml b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-client.yml
index a3cdf3fe..fc462e9c 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-client.yml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-client.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ dependencies:
   - plyvel
 
   - pip:
-    - git+https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git@v0.5.0
+    - git+https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git@v0.5.1
diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-compute.yml b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-compute.yml
index 7823841f..eb4dc7b7 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-compute.yml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-compute.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ dependencies:
   - openmmforcefields>=0.14.1
 
   - pip:
-    - git+https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git@v0.5.0
+    - git+https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git@v0.5.1
diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml
index 6d0d0564..e7205497 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ dependencies:
   - plyvel
 
   - pip:
-    - git+https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git@v0.5.0
+    - git+https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git@v0.5.1
diff --git a/docs/user_guide.rst b/docs/user_guide.rst
index 140cb12a..81554dbf 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/user_guide.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Clone alchemiscale from Github, and switch to the latest release tag::
 
     $ git clone https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/alchemiscale.git
     $ cd alchemiscale
-    $ git checkout v0.5.0
+    $ git checkout v0.5.1
 
 Create a conda environment using, e.g. `micromamba`_::