diff --git a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
index 8f0916f768f0487bcf8d33827ce2c8dcecb645c1..4b9fcbec101a6ff8ec68e0f95131ccda4861407f 100644
--- a/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.0
+0.5.1
diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index d4b5c01f72dcf51383a7e8e0fc2baf43cfc2038f..81edd8da2b845f055bba5f964dc6b3c98a979ac5 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ GitLab Shell is an SSH access and repository management software developed speci
     cd /home/git
     sudo -u git -H git clone https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse.git
     cd gitlab-workhorse
-    sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.5.0
+    sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.5.1
     sudo -u git -H make
 
 ### Initialize Database and Activate Advanced Features
diff --git a/doc/update/8.2-to-8.3.md b/doc/update/8.2-to-8.3.md
index 8ea2b674a1c2c4ee8838ecec0397fce6fc6808a5..b70224583964c11936bb37186552178c709671ca 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.2-to-8.3.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.2-to-8.3.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ which should already be on your system from GitLab 8.1.
 ```bash
 cd /home/git/gitlab-workhorse
 sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
-sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.5.0
+sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.5.1
 sudo -u git -H make
 ```