diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12fd4bc2..a7dfeb30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [0.4.3]
+## [0.5.0]
 ### Improvements
 - new environment variable / argument to enable / disable the tray icon and update-check daemon: FPAKMAN_TRAY (--tray)
 - search results sorting takes an average of 35% less time, reaching 60% in some scenarios
diff --git a/fpakman/__init__.py b/fpakman/__init__.py
index 3d6ddf33..37b3cd4f 100644
--- a/fpakman/__init__.py
+++ b/fpakman/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.3'
+__version__ = '0.5.0'
 __app_name__ = 'fpakman'
 
 import os