diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index cb1f3c35c..a4a867e23 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
-## Unreleased
+## 5.0.0 (11/17/2016)
 ### Public API Change
 * Options::max_bytes_for_level_multiplier is now a double along with all getters and setters.
 * Support dynamically change `delayed_write_rate` and `max_total_wal_size` options via SetDBOptions().
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/version.h b/include/rocksdb/version.h
index 05da83863..7a64eedec 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/version.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/version.h
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 // of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 #pragma once
 
-#define ROCKSDB_MAJOR 4
-#define ROCKSDB_MINOR 13
+#define ROCKSDB_MAJOR 5
+#define ROCKSDB_MINOR 0
 #define ROCKSDB_PATCH 0
 
 // Do not use these. We made the mistake of declaring macros starting with