diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1e6fea821..3b523568c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Build Python package
           command: |
             source env/bin/activate
+            python setup.py clean --all
             << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 python -m build -w
       - when:
           condition:
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ jobs:
             << parameters.build_env >> pip install ".[dev]" -v
             pip install typing_extensions
             python setup.py generate_stubs
+            python setup.py clean --all
             MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 << parameters.build_env >> python -m build -w
             bash python/scripts/repair_linux.sh
       - when:
diff --git a/mlx/version.h b/mlx/version.h
index befa394e6..1945a1f40 100644
--- a/mlx/version.h
+++ b/mlx/version.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #define MLX_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define MLX_VERSION_MINOR 26
-#define MLX_VERSION_PATCH 4
+#define MLX_VERSION_PATCH 5
 #define MLX_VERSION_NUMERIC \
   (100000 * MLX_VERSION_MAJOR + 1000 * MLX_VERSION_MINOR + MLX_VERSION_PATCH)