diff --git a/changelog.markdown b/changelog.markdown
index b5a4db0..c6b103b 100644
--- a/changelog.markdown
+++ b/changelog.markdown
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # Jester changelog
 
-## x.x.x - xx/xx/xxxx
+## 0.5.0 - 17/10/2020
+
+Major new release mainly due to some breaking changes.
+This release brings compatibility with Nim 1.4.0 as well.
 
 - **Breaking change:** By default `redirect` now skips future handlers, including when used in a `before` route.  To retain the old behavior, set the parameter `halt=false` (e.g. `redirect("/somewhere", halt=false)`)
 
+For full list, see the commits since the last version:
+
+https://github.com/dom96/jester/compare/v0.4.3...v0.5.0
+
 ## 0.4.3 - 12/08/2019
 
 Minor release correcting a few packaging issues and includes some other
diff --git a/jester.nim b/jester.nim
index 46b32ce..fe7cbc3 100644
--- a/jester.nim
+++ b/jester.nim
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type
     of RouteCode:
       data: ResponseData
 
-const jesterVer = "0.4.3"
+const jesterVer = "0.5.0"
 
 proc toStr(headers: Option[RawHeaders]): string =
   return $newHttpHeaders(headers.get(@({:})))
diff --git a/jester.nimble b/jester.nimble
index 4b9b82c..71d8b89 100644
--- a/jester.nimble
+++ b/jester.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.4.3" # Be sure to update jester.jesterVer too!
+version       = "0.5.0" # Be sure to update jester.jesterVer too!
 author        = "Dominik Picheta"
 description   = "A sinatra-like web framework for Nim."
 license       = "MIT"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ skipDirs = @["tests"]
 
 # Deps
 
-requires "nim >= 0.18.1"
+requires "nim >= 1.0.0"
 
 when not defined(windows):
   requires "httpbeast >= 0.2.2"