diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index d999911..02e0175 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## 5.0.0 -- 2023-03-29
 ### Added
 - Add information on contributing and setting up a development environment
   [#212](https://github.com/NickleDave/crowsetta/pull/212).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a81b008..5af5825 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "scipy >=1.7.0",
     "SoundFile >=0.12.1",
 ]
-version = "5.0.0rc2"
+version = "5.0.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/src/crowsetta/__about__.py b/src/crowsetta/__about__.py
index 390f4ca..8497925 100644
--- a/src/crowsetta/__about__.py
+++ b/src/crowsetta/__about__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __summary__ = "A Python tool to work with any format for annotating animal vocalizations and bioacoustics data"
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/vocalpy/crowsetta"
 
-__version__ = "5.0.0rc2"
+__version__ = "5.0.0"
 
 if base_dir is not None and os.path.exists(os.path.join(base_dir, ".commit")):
     with open(os.path.join(base_dir, ".commit")) as fp: