diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4652f4e..8310193 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=app.cash.quiver
-VERSION_NAME=0.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.5.0
 POM_URL=https://github.com/cashapp/quiver/
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/cashapp/quiver/
 POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git:git://github.com/cashapp/quiver.git