diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f55a52..16bdf9f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "widget_state"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.0.5"
 authors = [
   { name="Tamino Huxohl", email="thuxohl@mailbox.org"  },
 ]
diff --git a/widget_state/state.py b/widget_state/state.py
index 6a20746..16b61e1 100644
--- a/widget_state/state.py
+++ b/widget_state/state.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def depends_on(
         self,
         states: Iterable[State],
         compute_value: Callable[[], Self],
-        kwargs: dict[State, dict[str, Any]],
+        kwargs: dict[State, dict[str, Any]] = {},
     ) -> None:
         """
         Declare that this state depends on other states.