diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf53978..8a1274a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### v0.0.23
+
+- update quantinuum-qircheck version requirement to 0.5.0
+
 ### v0.0.22
 
 - add to_qir_str()
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0c2174a..5bc51c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hugr-qir"
-version = "0.0.22"
+version = "0.0.23"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a22456..cf592b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hugr-qir"
-version = "0.0.22"
+version = "0.0.23"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.89"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca56006..d1180a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "guppylang~=0.21.9",
     "hugr~=0.15.4",
     "llvmlite~=0.44.0",
-    "quantinuum-qircheck~=0.4.0",
+    "quantinuum-qircheck~=0.5.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]