diff --git a/looper/_version.py b/looper/_version.py
index 93c0ae8d4..3d187266f 100644
--- a/looper/_version.py
+++ b/looper/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.0-rc2"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"