diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8040bfc..6bbe5eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.5.0 - 2026-10-12
+
 ### Breaking
 
 - Curate the root to 68 names and the tooling subpath to its single runDatabaseCli
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c0121e1..17d1fe8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@askrjs/orm",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@askrjs/orm",
-      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "version": "0.5.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "tsx": "^4.23.12"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56bacf0..77ab618 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@askrjs/orm",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Postgres-first, SQL-shaped micro-ORM for Askr",
   "keywords": [
     "askr",