diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 480b4148597fc6d1189e50bd8a84aafa0a868222..cb73ffe2b60a54d721ef02a74376a5e757ea7893 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rust.msrv=1.62.0
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024M
 
 # Version number to use for the generated runtime crates
-smithy.rs.runtime.crate.version=0.50.0
+smithy.rs.runtime.crate.version=0.51.0
 
 kotlin.code.style=official