diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c08b9c0..08b0d9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# [cepler release v0.5.0](https://github.com/bodymindarts/cepler/releases/tag/v0.5.0)
+
+## Features
+- add `reproduce` command to reset the workspace into the currently deployed state for an environment
+
 # [cepler release v0.4.9](https://github.com/bodymindarts/cepler/releases/tag/v0.4.9)
 
 ## Bug Fix
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74da4c8..5243496 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cepler"
-version = "0.5.0-dev"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 22bedc4..a01ea1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cepler"
-version = "0.5.0-dev"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors = ["Justin Carter <justin@misthos.io>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/ci/release_notes.md b/ci/release_notes.md
index 4fd1418..4087d99 100644
--- a/ci/release_notes.md
+++ b/ci/release_notes.md
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-## Features
-- add `reproduce` command to reset the workspace into the currently deployed state for an environment
+Empty - please add release notes here