Smart cities aim at a sustainable lifestyle with greener and safer urban environment. The futurists have already started discussing about Industry 5.0 with the theme of adding a human touch or personalization based on collaboration and co-working of a human and robot. We discuss how the concept of Industry 5.0 can impact smart cities and what kind of changes are expected – how it will create a diverse set of opportunities. This is a short article which discusses about the technological developments, shortcomings of industry 4.0, underlining structure of smart cities and what modifications can be expected under Industry 5.0.