diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc2a38c..11ac845 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
-## [unreleased]
+## [1.5.0] -- 2024-02-28
 ### added
 * 🦓 mommy now supports templates with literal slashes using `%%S%%`~ ([#107](https://github.com/FWDekker/mommy/issues/107))
 * 🐟 mommy added completions for fish and zsh for the new options introduced in v1.4.0~ ([#105](https://github.com/FWDekker/mommy/issues/105))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b003868..5624f71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ which can be activated using a `workflow_dispatch` event~
   * update `version`~
   * update all changelogs~
     * update `CHANGELOG.md`~
-      * do not leave a placeholder section for `[Unreleased]`, because that will end up in the `.deb`'s
+      * do not leave a placeholder section for `[unreleased]`, because it will end up like that in the `.deb`'s
         `changelog.gz`~
       * remove empty subsections for the new release~
       * ensure no line breaks are used as whitespace;
diff --git a/version b/version
index 507c3c5..3c3f7f2 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-1.4.0
-2024-02-17
+1.5.0
+2024-02-28