diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9dfc6d5..54ebbe6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rocksdb"
 description = "Rust wrapper for Facebook's RocksDB embeddable database"
-version = "0.5.0-rc.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors = ["Tyler Neely <t@jujit.su>", "David Greenberg <dsg123456789@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["database", "embedded", "LSM-tree", "persistence"]