diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd1a0c8..75eacf1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ It helps enable the creation of Clojure/Script systems that are highly **observa
 
 > This library is still under development, ETA: [end April 2024](https://www.taoensso.com/roadmap).
 
-- `v1.0.0-alpha4` (dev): [release info](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-alpha4) (for early adopters)
+- `v1.0.0-alpha5` (dev): [release info](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-alpha5) (for early adopters)
 
 [![Main tests][Main tests SVG]][Main tests URL]
 [![Graal tests][Graal tests SVG]][Graal tests URL]
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 8169581..5db0482 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha4"
+(defproject com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha5"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Structured telemetry library for Clojure/Script"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/telemere"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     [[org.clojure/test.check              "1.1.1"]
      [org.clojure/tools.logging           "1.3.0"]
      [org.slf4j/slf4j-api                "2.0.12"]
-     [com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere  "1.0.0-alpha4"]
+     [com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere  "1.0.0-alpha5"]
      ;; [org.slf4j/slf4j-simple          "2.0.12"]
      ;; [org.slf4j/slf4j-nop             "2.0.12"]
      [io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api                         "1.37.0"]
diff --git a/slf4j/project.clj b/slf4j/project.clj
index 1bd4904..97e6f44 100644
--- a/slf4j/project.clj
+++ b/slf4j/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere "1.0.0-alpha4"
+(defproject com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere "1.0.0-alpha5"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Telemere backend/provider for SLF4J API v2"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/telemere"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    {:dependencies
     [[org.clojure/clojure   "1.11.2"]
      [org.slf4j/slf4j-api   "2.0.12"]
-     [com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha4"]]}
+     [com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-alpha5"]]}
 
    :dev
    {:plugins