diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bccc725a9..2f147a987 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
-version = "0.2.0-rc.4"
+version = "0.2.0-rc.5"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "hybrid-array",
diff --git a/aead/Cargo.toml b/aead/Cargo.toml
index 187142f89..54167ef2f 100644
--- a/aead/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aead/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ such as AES-GCM as ChaCha20Poly1305, which provide a high-level API
 """
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.4", path = "../crypto-common" }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", path = "../crypto-common" }
 inout = "0.2.0-rc.6"
 
 # optional dependencies
diff --git a/cipher/Cargo.toml b/cipher/Cargo.toml
index c7ff9cddc..7a1590a44 100644
--- a/cipher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cipher/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 description = "Traits for describing block ciphers and stream ciphers"
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.4", path = "../crypto-common" }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", path = "../crypto-common" }
 inout = "0.2.0-rc.6"
 
 # optional dependencies
diff --git a/crypto-common/Cargo.toml b/crypto-common/Cargo.toml
index 79fa6d5fb..58491d634 100644
--- a/crypto-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "crypto-common"
-version = "0.2.0-rc.4"
+version = "0.2.0-rc.5"
 authors = ["RustCrypto Developers"]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
diff --git a/crypto/Cargo.toml b/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 79825ce4c..9c0826333 100644
--- a/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 description = "Facade crate for all of the RustCrypto traits (e.g. `aead`, `cipher`, `digest`)"
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.4", path = "../crypto-common", default-features = false }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", path = "../crypto-common", default-features = false }
 
 # optional dependencies
 aead = { version = "0.6.0-rc.0", path = "../aead", optional = true }
diff --git a/digest/Cargo.toml b/digest/Cargo.toml
index bd69c0357..187a118c4 100644
--- a/digest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/digest/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 description = "Traits for cryptographic hash functions and message authentication codes"
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.4", path = "../crypto-common" }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", path = "../crypto-common" }
 
 # optional dependencies
 block-buffer = { version = "0.11.0-rc.5", optional = true }
diff --git a/kem/Cargo.toml b/kem/Cargo.toml
index a413db9c4..06166ccbe 100644
--- a/kem/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kem/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 description = "Traits for key encapsulation mechanisms"
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.4", features = ["rand_core"], path = "../crypto-common" }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", features = ["rand_core"], path = "../crypto-common" }
 rand_core = "0.10.0-rc-2"
 zeroize = { version = "1.7", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/universal-hash/Cargo.toml b/universal-hash/Cargo.toml
index 62a3b3b1c..ddbd269a1 100644
--- a/universal-hash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/universal-hash/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 description = "Traits which describe the functionality of universal hash functions (UHFs)"
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.4", path = "../crypto-common" }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", path = "../crypto-common" }
 subtle = { version = "2.4", default-features = false }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]