diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ed24964..37eaabe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### 0.5.0
+
+Changed:
+* Require Sopel 8.0+ (#4)
+  * Minimum Python version is therefore now 3.8
+* Improve logging of inventory & URL settings at startup (#5)
+
+Meta:
+* Packaging modernized: goodbye `setup.cfg`, hello `pyproject.toml` (#4)
+  * Cleaned up some deprecated usage (`sopel.module`, `datetime.utcnow()`)
+  * Tweaked config wizard prompt punctuation
+
+
 ### 0.4.0
 
 Added:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1987aa3..e108706 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = { file=["README.md", "NEWS"], content-type="text/markdown" }
 
 [project]
 name = "sopel-rtfm"
-version = "0.5.0.dev0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "A plugin to suggest documentation links when someone asks a basic question."
 
 authors = [