diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index d5afe20..da33caa 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### v0.20.5
+#### Fixed
+- fix support for cmake versions below 3.17
+- fix version requirement for `rapidfuzz-cpp` when building against a previously installed version
+
 ### v0.20.4
 #### Changed
 - modernize cmake build to fix most conda-forge builds
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b9378c8..fd60ef4 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 author = 'Max Bachmann'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.20.4'
+release = '0.20.5'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1be10d4..2c6095c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="Levenshtein",
-    version="0.20.4",
+    version="0.20.5",
     url="https://github.com/maxbachmann/Levenshtein",
     author="Max Bachmann",
     install_requires=["rapidfuzz >= 2.3.0, < 3.0.0"],
diff --git a/src/Levenshtein/__init__.py b/src/Levenshtein/__init__.py
index cc5b93b..d2bd259 100644
--- a/src/Levenshtein/__init__.py
+++ b/src/Levenshtein/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 __author__: str = "Max Bachmann"
 __license__: str = "GPL"
-__version__: str = "0.20.4"
+__version__: str = "5"
 
 from rapidfuzz.distance.Levenshtein import distance
 from rapidfuzz.distance.Indel import normalized_similarity as ratio