diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 66b56ba..55e8062 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Release history
 ---------------
-0.5.0 (unreleased)
-++++++++++++++++++
+0.5.0 (June 25th 2019)
+++++++++++++++++++++++
 - improved: simplified notification plugin and externalized them using entry_points
 - added: WAN IP detection through DNS (detector 'dnswanip')
 - improved: replaced built-in daemon code with `daemonocle <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/daemonocle>`_
diff --git a/dyndnsc/__init__.py b/dyndnsc/__init__.py
index c4ace45..4ea15b1 100644
--- a/dyndnsc/__init__.py
+++ b/dyndnsc/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 from .core import getDynDnsClientForConfig, DynDnsClient  # noqa: @UnusedImport
 
-__version__ = "0.5.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"