diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad0d1e95b..0de253ad3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.5.0 (unreleased)
+## 0.5.0 (May 7, 2015)
 
 FEATURES:
 
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 08c31b1e4..ca0ace8d9 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ const Version = "0.5.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-const VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+const VersionPrerelease = ""