diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 8afdac7f5..a20563473 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-5.0.1 (unreleased)
+5.0.1 (2016-06-04)
 ------------------
 
 - Fix BlobError occuring when indexing new files (fixes #120)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bcccb3104..274758dde 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
-version = '5.0.1.dev0'
+version = '5.0.1'
 long_description = \
     open('README.rst').read() + '\n' + \
     open('CHANGES.rst').read() + '\n' + \