diff --git a/src/CommonNuget.props b/src/CommonNuget.props
index a29d6bb..62f6d51 100644
--- a/src/CommonNuget.props
+++ b/src/CommonNuget.props
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Microsoft/NLU.DevOps</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/Microsoft/NLU.DevOps.git</RepositoryUrl>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation.</Copyright>
-    <Version>0.5.2</Version>
+    <Version>0.5.3</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/NLU.DevOps.Core.Tests/LabeledUtterancePropertyExtensionsTests.cs b/src/NLU.DevOps.Core.Tests/LabeledUtterancePropertyExtensionsTests.cs
index c429cff..b11a920 100644
--- a/src/NLU.DevOps.Core.Tests/LabeledUtterancePropertyExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/src/NLU.DevOps.Core.Tests/LabeledUtterancePropertyExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ public static void ThrowsArgumentNull()
             nullUtterance.Should().Throw<ArgumentNullException>().And.ParamName.Should().Be("instance");
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public static void DoesNotCreateJsonInstance()
+        {
+            var expected = new Entity(string.Empty, null, string.Empty, 0);
+            var actual = expected.WithScore(null);
+            actual.Should().BeSameAs(expected);
+            expected.GetScore().Should().BeNull();
+            actual.GetScore().Should().BeNull();
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public static void DoesNotCreateNewInstance()
         {
diff --git a/src/NLU.DevOps.Core/NLU.DevOps.Core.csproj b/src/NLU.DevOps.Core/NLU.DevOps.Core.csproj
index c7e2893..f45c91f 100644
--- a/src/NLU.DevOps.Core/NLU.DevOps.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/NLU.DevOps.Core/NLU.DevOps.Core.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\CodeAnalysis.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.4.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.5.0</AssemblyVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Platform)' == 'AnyCPU' ">