diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7affd06..5448170 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+## 0.5.0
 
 * _core_:
     * remove metrics configuration for http client metrics which was introduced in 0.4.0 because it could be configured
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/babbage.conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/babbage.conventions.gradle.kts
index 1fbd06a..7762daf 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/babbage.conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/babbage.conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "de.otto.babbage"
-version = "0.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "0.5.0"
 java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 
 repositories {