diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6e1f8d9..ca0c3b8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "crates/protovalidate-buffa": "0.5.1",
   "crates/protovalidate-buffa-protos": "0.5.0",
   "crates/protovalidate-buffa-macros": "0.3.1",
-  "crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa": "0.5.0",
-  "crates/protovalidate-buffa-conformance": "0.0.10"
+  "crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa": "0.5.1",
+  "crates/protovalidate-buffa-conformance": "0.0.11"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e17da3..3293c54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "buffa",
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "protovalidate-buffa-conformance"
-version = "0.0.10"
+version = "0.0.11"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "buffa",
diff --git a/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/CHANGELOG.md
index 07678ca..d90601f 100644
--- a/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.1](https://github.com/mathematic-inc/protovalidate-buffa/compare/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa-v0.5.0...protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa-v0.5.1) (2026-07-14)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Borrow value in optional string pattern check ([#21](https://github.com/mathematic-inc/protovalidate-buffa/issues/21)) ([5e58b3d](https://github.com/mathematic-inc/protovalidate-buffa/commit/5e58b3d51da60cee6a7f93d65028cf4428cc1e91))
+
 ## [0.5.0](https://github.com/mathematic-inc/protovalidate-buffa/compare/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa-v0.4.0...protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa-v0.5.0) (2026-06-28)
 
 
diff --git a/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/Cargo.toml b/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/Cargo.toml
index 506c746..f462396 100644
--- a/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa"
 description = "protoc plugin that emits static Rust Validate impls from buf.validate annotations for buffa-generated messages. CEL expressions are transpiled to native Rust at codegen time — no runtime interpreter."
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/protovalidate-buffa-conformance/Cargo.toml b/crates/protovalidate-buffa-conformance/Cargo.toml
index 21a59d3..6d5781f 100644
--- a/crates/protovalidate-buffa-conformance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/protovalidate-buffa-conformance/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "protovalidate-buffa-conformance"
 description = "Conformance executor for the upstream protovalidate-conformance harness."
-version = "0.0.10"
+version = "0.0.11"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 buffa-build = "0.7"
-protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa = { path = "../protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa", version = "0.5.0" }
+protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa = { path = "../protoc-gen-protovalidate-buffa", version = "0.5.1" }
 buffa = "0.7"
 buffa-codegen = "0.7"
 anyhow = "1"