diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index ce9b1c946..5f8162a28 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-* `master <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.4.1...master>`_
+* `master <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.5.0...master>`_
+* `v0.5.0 <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0>`_ (2019-05-03)
+    * fixes for HDFS thanks to @tools4origins
+    * fix for empty partitions by @tools4origins
+    * api fixes by @artem0 and @tools4origins
+    * various updates for streaming submodule
+    * various updates to lint and test system
+    * logging: converted some info messages to debug
+    * ... documentation for some point releases is missing
 * `v0.4.1 <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1>`_ (2017-05-27)
     * retries for failed partitions
     * improve ``pysparkling.streaming.DStream``
diff --git a/pysparkling/__init__.py b/pysparkling/__init__.py
index 6c13c1518..f2e27d34c 100644
--- a/pysparkling/__init__.py
+++ b/pysparkling/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """pysparkling module"""
 # flake8: noqa
 
-__version__ = '0.4.8'
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
 
 from .rdd import RDD
 from .context import Context