diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 97b44de1..00a7456e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-5.0b1 (2019-04-30)
-------------------
+5.0 (2019-05-01)
+----------------
 
 - Deprecate Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 support.
   [aleksihakli]
diff --git a/axes/__init__.py b/axes/__init__.py
index 5ebc8aaf..9e0d84b7 100644
--- a/axes/__init__.py
+++ b/axes/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '5.0b1'
+__version__ = '5.0'
 
 default_app_config = 'axes.apps.AppConfig'