diff --git a/chromadb/__init__.py b/chromadb/__init__.py
index 732a17920d5d..fe406f6f1123 100644
--- a/chromadb/__init__.py
+++ b/chromadb/__init__.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 __settings = Settings()
 
-__version__ = "0.5.20"
+__version__ = "0.5.21"
 
 
 # Workaround to deal with Colab's old sqlite3 version
diff --git a/deployments/aws/chroma.cf.json b/deployments/aws/chroma.cf.json
index 09b7fad8706a..76a3c2a379a5 100644
--- a/deployments/aws/chroma.cf.json
+++ b/deployments/aws/chroma.cf.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "ChromaVersion": {
       "Description": "Chroma version to install",
       "Type": "String",
-      "Default": "0.5.20"
+      "Default": "0.5.21"
     },
     "ChromaServerAuthCredentials": {
       "Description": "Chroma authentication credentials",
diff --git a/deployments/azure/chroma.tfvars.tf b/deployments/azure/chroma.tfvars.tf
index 3ae42e56355e..61d451814040 100644
--- a/deployments/azure/chroma.tfvars.tf
+++ b/deployments/azure/chroma.tfvars.tf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ machine_type        = "Standard_B1s"            # Azure VM size
 ssh_public_key_path = "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"       # Path to your SSH public key
 
 instance_name                           = "chroma-instance"
-chroma_version                          = "0.5.20"
+chroma_version                          = "0.5.21"
 chroma_server_auth_credentials          = ""
 chroma_server_auth_provider             = ""
 chroma_auth_token_transport_header      = ""
diff --git a/deployments/azure/main.tf b/deployments/azure/main.tf
index 1570f016d0a3..923f9b977ac5 100644
--- a/deployments/azure/main.tf
+++ b/deployments/azure/main.tf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ variable "machine_type" {
 
 variable "chroma_version" {
   description = "Chroma version to install"
-  default     = "0.5.20"
+  default     = "0.5.21"
 }
 
 variable "chroma_server_auth_credentials" {
diff --git a/deployments/gcp/chroma.tfvars b/deployments/gcp/chroma.tfvars
index c75bbc5770e3..e327fd6dd484 100644
--- a/deployments/gcp/chroma.tfvars
+++ b/deployments/gcp/chroma.tfvars
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project_id                               = "your-gcp-project-id"
 region                                   = "your-region"          # e.g., "us-central1"
 zone                                     = "your-zone"
 machine_type                             = ""
-chroma_version                           = "0.5.20"
+chroma_version                           = "0.5.21"
 chroma_server_auth_credentials           = ""
 chroma_server_auth_provider              = ""
 chroma_auth_token_transport_header       = ""
diff --git a/deployments/gcp/main.tf b/deployments/gcp/main.tf
index 03a269b2fcc0..f257cf0e6ccc 100644
--- a/deployments/gcp/main.tf
+++ b/deployments/gcp/main.tf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ variable "machine_type" {
 
 variable "chroma_version" {
   description = "Chroma version to install"
-  default     = "0.5.20"
+  default     = "0.5.21"
 }
 
 variable "chroma_server_auth_credentials" {