It’s not holding you back because you are jumping over the low bar. A year is not a particularly long gap and might even go unnoticed. But f someone noticed and

It’s not holding you back because you are jumping over the low bar. A year is not a particularly long gap and might even go unnoticed. But f someone noticed and asked, sounds like you had a great answer. That’s all you need. Having no good explanation for a 5 year gap will probably get you filtered out.