diff --git a/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils.app.src b/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils.app.src
index 605093875..0b172565a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils.app.src
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {application, emqx_utils, [
     {description, "Miscellaneous utilities for EMQX apps"},
     % strict semver, bump manually!
-    {vsn, "5.0.2"},
+    {vsn, "5.0.3"},
     {modules, [
         emqx_utils,
         emqx_utils_api,