diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5422368..bb16c9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.1
+
+- Update Svelte peer dependency version lock to include Svelte 5
+
+  This should have no impact on Svelte 3 or 4 users, but will allow folks to start trying out Svelte 5 if they so please. Any errors or issues should be reported as bugs in order to resolve them before Svelte 5 is offically released.
+
+  **Plugin versions `v0.8.x` will be the last to support Svelte 3 and Svelte 4 below `v4.2.1`**
+
 ## 0.8.0 (Breaking)
 
 - **Minorly Breaking** Caching is automatically enabled after two sucessful builds when using the `context` esbuild API
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 489e933..376822d 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export default function sveltePlugin(options?: esbuildSvelteOptions): Plugin {
                     //if svelte emits css seperately, then store it in a map and import it from the js
                     if (
                         (compilerOptions.css === false || compilerOptions.css === "external") &&
-                        css.code
+                        css?.code
                     ) {
                         let cssPath = args.path
                             .replace(".svelte", ".esbuild-svelte-fake-css") //TODO append instead of replace to support different svelte filters
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 80ec195..ebe7c78 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "esbuild": ">=0.9.6",
-        "svelte": ">=3.43.0 <5"
+        "svelte": ">=3.43.0 <6"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a307dfc..3214cfa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "esbuild": ">=0.9.6",
-    "svelte": ">=3.43.0 <5"
+    "svelte": ">=3.43.0 <6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^16.18.37",
diff --git a/test/errors.mjs b/test/errors.mjs
index f5f7368..b278d98 100644
--- a/test/errors.mjs
+++ b/test/errors.mjs
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ test("Errors (with preprocessors) are in the right spot", async () => {
         );
         assert.equal(error.location.line, 12, "Should have the right line");
         assert.equal(error.location.column, 31, "Should have the right column");
-        assert.equal(
+        assert.match(
             error.text,
-            "Expected value for the attribute",
+            /Expected (value for the attribute|attribute value)/,
             "Should have the right error message",
         );
         return;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/svelte5/entry.js b/test/fixtures/svelte5/entry.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31aefa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/svelte5/entry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { mount } from "svelte";
+import Test from "./svelte5.svelte";
+
+const test = mount(Test, { target: document.body });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/svelte5/svelte5.svelte b/test/fixtures/svelte5/svelte5.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e589fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/svelte5/svelte5.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<script>
+	let count = $state(0);
+	let double = $derived(count * 2);
+	$effect(() => {
+		if (count > 10) {
+			alert('Too high!');
+		}
+
+	});
+</script>
+
+<button onclick={() => count++}>
+	{count} / {double}
+</button>
diff --git a/test/simpleTest.mjs b/test/simpleTest.mjs
index 69f4401..801f8f4 100644
--- a/test/simpleTest.mjs
+++ b/test/simpleTest.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { build as _build } from "esbuild";
 import sveltePlugin from "../dist/index.mjs";
 import sveltePluginCJS from "../dist/index.js";
 import commonOptions from "./commonOptions.js";
+import { VERSION } from "svelte/compiler";
 
 test("Without esbuild", async () => {
     let build = {};
@@ -84,8 +85,12 @@ test("More advanced build", async () => {
     assert.equal(results.outputFiles.length, 2, "Non-expected number of output files");
 });
 
-// remove for svelte v5
 test("CSS external boolean", async () => {
+    // TODO remove for svelte 5
+    if (VERSION.startsWith("5")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     //Note this fails on svelte v4 since booleans are deprecated and it has seemingly been broken
     //I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I'm going to choose to ignore this failure for now,
     //since there is an easy workaround (use a string instead of a boolean)
@@ -119,6 +124,10 @@ test("CSS external string", async () => {
 
 // remove for svelte v5
 test("CSS injected boolean", async () => {
+    // TODO remove for svelte 5
+    if (VERSION.startsWith("5")) {
+        return;
+    }
     //TODO this should fail with a warning with svelte v4
     const results = await _build({
         ...commonOptions,
@@ -149,6 +158,11 @@ test("CSS injected string", async () => {
 });
 
 test("CSS none", async () => {
+    // TODO remove for svelte 5
+    if (VERSION.startsWith("5")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     //more advanced
     const results = await _build({
         ...commonOptions,
diff --git a/test/svelte5.mjs b/test/svelte5.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..578b8ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/svelte5.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { test } from "uvu";
+import * as assert from "uvu/assert";
+import { build } from "esbuild";
+import sveltePlugin from "../dist/index.mjs";
+import commonOptions from "./commonOptions.js";
+import { VERSION } from "svelte/compiler";
+
+test("Simple Svelte v5 build", async () => {
+    // only run for svelte 5
+    if (!VERSION.startsWith("5")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    //Try a simple build with v5 features
+    const results = await build({
+        ...commonOptions,
+        entryPoints: ["./test/fixtures/svelte5/entry.js"],
+        outdir: "./example-js/dist",
+        sourcemap: true,
+        plugins: [
+            sveltePlugin({
+                compilerOptions: { dev: true },
+            }),
+        ],
+        logLevel: "silent",
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(results.errors.length, 0, "Non-zero number of errors");
+    assert.equal(results.warnings.length, 0, "Non-zero number of warnings");
+    assert.equal(results.outputFiles.length, 2, "Non-expected number of output files");
+});
+
+test.run();
diff --git a/test/versionTests/entry5.js b/test/versionTests/entry5.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad07bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/versionTests/entry5.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { mount } from "svelte";
+import Test from "./index.svelte";
+
+mount(Test, {
+    target: document.body,
+});
diff --git a/test/versionTests/test.js b/test/versionTests/test.js
index 0c7e0e9..2a5d4b3 100644
--- a/test/versionTests/test.js
+++ b/test/versionTests/test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if (!fs.existsSync("./dist/")) {
 //build the application
 esbuild
     .build({
-        entryPoints: ["./entry.js"],
+        entryPoints: [Number(svelteVersion.at(0)) >= 5 ? "./entry5.js" : "./entry.js"],
         mainFields: ["svelte", "browser", "module", "main"],
         conditions: ["svelte", "browser"],
         target: "es2016",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ esbuild
         minify: false, //so the resulting code is easier to understand
         bundle: true,
         splitting: true,
-        sourcemap: "inline",
+        sourcemap: "external",
         plugins: [sveltePlugin()],
     })
     .then((results) => {
diff --git a/test/versionTests/versionTests.sh b/test/versionTests/versionTests.sh
index 0e812d6..bae7fd1 100755
--- a/test/versionTests/versionTests.sh
+++ b/test/versionTests/versionTests.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ cp ../../dist/index.js .
 npm init -y || exit
 
 # array of versions
-ESBUILD_VERSIONS=("0.9.6" "0.16.17" "0.18.10" "0.19.2")
-SVELTE_VERSIONS=("3.43.0" "3.59.2" "4.0.0")
+ESBUILD_VERSIONS=("0.9.6" "0.16.17" "0.18.10" "0.19.2" "0.21.3")
+SVELTE_VERSIONS=("3.43.0" "3.59.2" "4.0.0" "5.0.0-next.127")
 
 # loop through versions
 for ESBUILD_VERSION in "${ESBUILD_VERSIONS[@]}"
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index a3df0a6..6f4eebd 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1