diff --git a/__tests__/lib/edge-workers/toolchains.js b/__tests__/lib/edge-workers/toolchains.js
index 79ac64150..ed9421aa5 100644
--- a/__tests__/lib/edge-workers/toolchains.js
+++ b/__tests__/lib/edge-workers/toolchains.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe( 'edge-workers toolchains', () => {
 			expect( fs.existsSync( path.join( project, 'workers' ) ) ).toBe( true );
 
 			const pkg = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( project, 'package.json' ), 'utf8' ) );
-			expect( pkg.dependencies[ '@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk' ] ).toBe( '0.4.0' );
+			expect( pkg.dependencies[ '@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk' ] ).toBe( '0.5.0' );
 			expect( pkg.devDependencies.assemblyscript ).toBe( '0.27.0' );
 
 			const readme = fs.readFileSync( path.join( project, 'README.md' ), 'utf8' );
diff --git a/docs/EDGE-WORKERS.md b/docs/EDGE-WORKERS.md
index 88139835e..5c2d16114 100644
--- a/docs/EDGE-WORKERS.md
+++ b/docs/EDGE-WORKERS.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ edge-workers/
 ```
 
 `build/` is created when a worker is compiled and is ignored by Git. The generated direct
-dependencies are exact: `@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk` is `0.4.0` and `assemblyscript` is
+dependencies are exact: `@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk` is `0.5.0` and `assemblyscript` is
 `0.27.0`. The starter exports only `alloc` and `on_client_response`; the other request phases are
 commented examples and are not active WASM exports.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The project descriptor selects the toolchain for every worker in the project:
 ```json
 {
 	"type": "assemblyscript",
-	"sdk": "@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk@0.4.0"
+	"sdk": "@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk@0.5.0"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/internal/edgeworkers/build_test.go b/internal/edgeworkers/build_test.go
index 004dbc34d..652ba3645 100644
--- a/internal/edgeworkers/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/edgeworkers/build_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func TestScaffoldDoesNotOverwriteOrInstall(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	before, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "package.json"))
-	if !strings.Contains(string(before), `"0.4.0"`) || !strings.Contains(string(before), `"0.27.0"`) {
+	if !strings.Contains(string(before), `"0.5.0"`) || !strings.Contains(string(before), `"0.27.0"`) {
 		t.Fatalf("dependencies: %s", before)
 	}
 	if err := ScaffoldProject(dir, "assemblyscript"); err == nil {
diff --git a/internal/edgeworkers/templates/edge-workers.json b/internal/edgeworkers/templates/edge-workers.json
index 5c096e966..9466fed5a 100644
--- a/internal/edgeworkers/templates/edge-workers.json
+++ b/internal/edgeworkers/templates/edge-workers.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
 	"type": "assemblyscript",
-	"sdk": "@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk@0.4.0"
+	"sdk": "@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk@0.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/internal/edgeworkers/templates/package.json b/internal/edgeworkers/templates/package.json
index 6323d335d..3e8ec1d1f 100644
--- a/internal/edgeworkers/templates/package.json
+++ b/internal/edgeworkers/templates/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		"build": "vip edge-workers build --all"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk": "0.4.0"
+		"@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk": "0.5.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"assemblyscript": "0.27.0"
diff --git a/src/lib/edge-workers/toolchains/assemblyscript/constants.ts b/src/lib/edge-workers/toolchains/assemblyscript/constants.ts
index 6bf81c6a8..51dd8d83c 100644
--- a/src/lib/edge-workers/toolchains/assemblyscript/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/edge-workers/toolchains/assemblyscript/constants.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  */
 
 export const SDK_PACKAGE = '@automattic/vip-edge-workers-sdk';
-export const SDK_VERSION = '0.4.0';
+export const SDK_VERSION = '0.5.0';
 export const ASSEMBLYSCRIPT_VERSION = '0.27.0';
 export const DEFAULT_ENTRY = 'assembly/index.ts';