diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4261bd3a00ca..fab213ab7a2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -79,12 +79,15 @@ jobs:
           args: cargo-smart-release
 
       - name: Run cargo smart-release
+        # list lockstep-versioned packages at the end of this command
         run: >-
           cargo smart-release --update-crates-index
           --no-changelog-preview --allow-fully-generated-changelogs
           --bump ${{ inputs.bump }} --bump-dependencies auto
           ${{ inputs.execute && '--execute' || '--no-publish' }}
-          hydroflow hydro_cli hydroflow_*
+          hydroflow hydroflow_lang hydroflow_macro hydroflow_plus
+          hydroflow_datalog hydroflow_datalog_core
+          hydro_deploy hydro_cli hydroflow_cli_integration hydroflow_plus_cli_integration
         env:
           # Make sure to set this so the `gh` CLI works using our token.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8fe6a0fc3c9..60cadf083153 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydro_cli"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydro_deploy"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "byteorder",
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow_datalog"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "hydroflow_datalog_core",
  "proc-macro-crate",
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow_datalog_core"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "hydroflow_lang",
  "insta",
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow_lang"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "auto_impl",
  "clap 4.4.11",
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow_macro"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "hydroflow_lang",
  "itertools",
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow_plus"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "hydroflow",
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hydroflow_plus_cli_integration"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
  "hydro_deploy",
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lattices"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cc-traits",
  "sealed",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f91780c08a74..537c3f936409 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # See "Adding new crates" and "Moving crates" addendum sections in `RELEASING.md`
 members = [
     "benches",
+    "hydro_deploy/core",
     "hydro_deploy/hydro_cli",
     "hydro_deploy/hydro_cli_examples",
     "hydro_deploy/hydroflow_cli_integration",
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index c00adb5413ee..4ef7801e3e48 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ When adding a new crate which is published, you need to:
    https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/publishing.html#before-publishing-a-new-crate
 2. Ensure any `path` dependencies to/from `my_crate` also include `version = "^0.1.0"`
    (substitute correct version).
+3. If you want your package to be lockstep-versioned alongside hydroflow then make sure to add it
+   to the [command in the `release.yml` workflow](https://github.com/hydro-project/hydroflow/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml#L82).
+
 Then just run the release workflow as normal.
 
 Previously this section also required creating an empty changelog file: "Commit an (empty) file
diff --git a/hydro_deploy/core/Cargo.toml b/hydro_deploy/core/Cargo.toml
index 47114e0eb104..9c11a37bdc8a 100644
--- a/hydro_deploy/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydro_deploy/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydro_deploy"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydro_deploy/"
diff --git a/hydro_deploy/hydro_cli/Cargo.toml b/hydro_deploy/hydro_cli/Cargo.toml
index 3cd026e8017d..40a7f757925a 100644
--- a/hydro_deploy/hydro_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydro_deploy/hydro_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydro_cli"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydro_cli/"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ name = "hydro_cli"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-hydro_deploy = { path = "../core", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydro_deploy = { path = "../core", version = "^0.5.1" }
 tokio = { version = "1.16", features = [ "full" ] }
 once_cell = "1.17"
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.69", features = [ "backtrace" ] }
diff --git a/hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration/Cargo.toml b/hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration/Cargo.toml
index 567eb3e2ba41..702858b2caca 100644
--- a/hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow_plus_cli_integration"
 publish = false
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ deploy = [ "hydro_deploy", "async-channel" ]
 
 [dependencies]
 stageleft = { path = "../../stageleft", version = "^0.1.0" }
-hydroflow_plus = { path = "../../hydroflow_plus", version = "^0.5.0", features = [ "cli_integration" ] }
+hydroflow_plus = { path = "../../hydroflow_plus", version = "^0.5.1", features = [ "cli_integration" ] }
 syn = { version = "2.0.0", features = [ "parsing", "extra-traits" ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.16", features = [ "full" ] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = [ "derive" ] }
 
-hydro_deploy = { path = "../core", version = "^0.5.0", optional = true }
+hydro_deploy = { path = "../core", version = "^0.5.1", optional = true }
 async-channel = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/hydroflow/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow/Cargo.toml
index 811dfbeb15fd..e10c71c5d8b1 100644
--- a/hydroflow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydroflow/"
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ byteorder = "1.4.3"
 bytes = "1.1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 hydroflow_cli_integration = { optional = true, path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_cli_integration", version = "^0.3.0" }
-hydroflow_datalog = { optional = true, path = "../hydroflow_datalog", version = "^0.5.0" }
-hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.0" }
-hydroflow_macro = { optional = true, path = "../hydroflow_macro", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_datalog = { optional = true, path = "../hydroflow_datalog", version = "^0.5.1" }
+hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.1" }
+hydroflow_macro = { optional = true, path = "../hydroflow_macro", version = "^0.5.1" }
 itertools = "0.10"
-lattices = { path = "../lattices", version = "^0.5.0", features = [ "serde" ] }
+lattices = { path = "../lattices", version = "^0.5.1", features = [ "serde" ] }
 pusherator = { path = "../pusherator", version = "^0.0.3" }
 pyo3 = { optional = true, version = "0.18" }
 ref-cast = "1.0"
diff --git a/hydroflow_datalog/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_datalog/Cargo.toml
index 80e59b7115c2..029fcf5fb171 100644
--- a/hydroflow_datalog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_datalog/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow_datalog"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydroflow_datalog/"
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ proc-macro-crate = "1.1.0"
 # Note: If we ever compile this proc macro crate to WASM (e.g., if we are
 # building on a WASM host), we may need to turn diagnostics off for WASM if
 # proc_macro2 does not support WASM at that time.
-hydroflow_datalog_core = { path = "../hydroflow_datalog_core", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_datalog_core = { path = "../hydroflow_datalog_core", version = "^0.5.1" }
diff --git a/hydroflow_datalog_core/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_datalog_core/Cargo.toml
index f1d374b03d3a..c94bb049e603 100644
--- a/hydroflow_datalog_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_datalog_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow_datalog_core"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydroflow_datalog_core/"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ syn = { version = "2.0.0", features = [ "parsing", "extra-traits" ] }
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.63"
 proc-macro-crate = "1.1.0"
 rust-sitter = "0.3.2"
-hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.1" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 rust-sitter-tool = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/hydroflow_lang/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_lang/Cargo.toml
index 298a114ba103..179b5b2304a5 100644
--- a/hydroflow_lang/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_lang/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow_lang"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydroflow_lang/"
diff --git a/hydroflow_macro/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_macro/Cargo.toml
index f3bd93b5c9fc..d42801978a11 100644
--- a/hydroflow_macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow_macro"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydroflow_macro/"
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ diagnostics = [ "hydroflow_lang/diagnostics" ]
 # Note: If we ever compile this proc macro crate to WASM (e.g., if we are
 # building on a WASM host), we may need to turn diagnostics off for WASM if
 # proc_macro2 still does not support WASM.
-hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.1" }
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.63"
 proc-macro-crate = "1.1.0"
 quote = "1.0.0"
 syn = { version = "2.0.0", features = [ "parsing", "extra-traits" ] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.1" }
 itertools = "0.10"
 quote = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/hydroflow_plus/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_plus/Cargo.toml
index 1e1761df125e..cd86fec031a5 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_plus/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "hydroflow_plus"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/hydroflow_plus/"
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ quote = "1.0.0"
 syn = { version = "2.0.0", features = [ "parsing", "extra-traits", "visit-mut" ] }
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.57"
 proc-macro-crate = "1.1.0"
-hydroflow = { path = "../hydroflow", version = "^0.5.0", default-features = false }
-hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow = { path = "../hydroflow", version = "^0.5.1", default-features = false }
+hydroflow_lang = { path = "../hydroflow_lang", version = "^0.5.1" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = [ "derive" ] }
 bincode = "1.3"
 stageleft = { path = "../stageleft", version = "^0.1.0" }
diff --git a/hydroflow_plus_test/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_plus_test/Cargo.toml
index 0b3687a3d820..316f33e34f0c 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_plus_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-hydroflow_plus = { path = "../hydroflow_plus", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_plus = { path = "../hydroflow_plus", version = "^0.5.1" }
 tokio = { version = "1.16", features = [ "full" ] }
 stageleft = { path = "../stageleft", version = "^0.1.0" }
-hydroflow_plus_cli_integration = { path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_plus_cli_integration = { path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration", version = "^0.5.1" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 
 hydroflow_plus_test_macro = { path = "../hydroflow_plus_test_macro" }
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ stageleft_tool = { path = "../stageleft_tool", version = "^0.1.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = "1.7.1"
-hydro_deploy = { path = "../hydro_deploy/core", version = "^0.5.0" }
-hydroflow_plus_cli_integration = { path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration", version = "^0.5.0", features = [ "deploy" ] }
+hydro_deploy = { path = "../hydro_deploy/core", version = "^0.5.1" }
+hydroflow_plus_cli_integration = { path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration", version = "^0.5.1", features = [ "deploy" ] }
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/hydroflow_plus_test_macro/Cargo.toml b/hydroflow_plus_test_macro/Cargo.toml
index 5e62c53e6730..dbc16d15a4f6 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus_test_macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hydroflow_plus_test_macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ default = ["macro"]
 macro = []
 
 [dependencies]
-hydroflow_plus = { path = "../hydroflow_plus", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_plus = { path = "../hydroflow_plus", version = "^0.5.1" }
 tokio = { version = "1.16", features = [ "full" ] }
 stageleft = { path = "../stageleft", version = "^0.1.0" }
-hydroflow_plus_cli_integration = { path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration", version = "^0.5.0" }
+hydroflow_plus_cli_integration = { path = "../hydro_deploy/hydroflow_plus_cli_integration", version = "^0.5.1" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/lattices/Cargo.toml b/lattices/Cargo.toml
index 3c0e18068724..fd396fa301f5 100644
--- a/lattices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lattices/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lattices"
 publish = true
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/lattices/"