diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 86e202e1..f05a3a92 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v2.0.5 (unreleased)
+## v2.0.5
 
 ### new features
 
diff --git a/ngmix/_version.py b/ngmix/_version.py
index d6ab23a4..534126b3 100644
--- a/ngmix/_version.py
+++ b/ngmix/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.0.5rc1'  # noqa
+__version__ = '2.0.5'  # noqa