diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 469a4e1..1805d20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 
 ## [Unreleased]
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/althonos/pyrodigal/compare/v0.4.7...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/althonos/pyrodigal/compare/v0.5.0...HEAD
+
+
+## [v0.5.0] - 2021-06-15
+[v0.5.0]: https://github.com/althonos/pyrodigal/compare/v0.4.7...v0.5.0
+
+### Added
+- `pyrodigal.TrainingInfo` class exposing variables obtained during training as an attribute to `Pyrodigal`, `Gene` and `Genes` instance.
+- Support for passing objects implementing the buffer protocol to `Pyrodigal.find_genes` and `Pyrodigal.train` instead of requiring `str` sequences.
+
+### Fixed
+- Potential data race on training info in case a `Gene.translate` with a non-default translation table was being translated at the same time as a `Pyrodigal.find_genes` call.
+- Spurious handling of Unicode strings causing potential issues on platform using a different base encoding.
 
 
 ## [v0.4.7] - 2021-04-09
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5e0320d..b293965 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include COPYING
 include CHANGELOG.md
+include CONTRIBUTING.md
 include README.md
 
 recursive-include pyrodigal/tests      *.py *.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dadf53d..50adb3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 🔥 Pyrodigal [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/althonos/pyrodigal.svg?style=social&maxAge=3600&label=Star)](https://github.com/althonos/pyrodigal/stargazers)
 
-*Python interface to [Prodigal](https://github.com/hyattpd/Prodigal/), an ORF
+*Cython bindings and Python interface to [Prodigal](https://github.com/hyattpd/Prodigal/), an ORF
 finder for genomes, progenomes and metagenomes.*
 
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diff --git a/pyrodigal/__init__.py b/pyrodigal/__init__.py
index 1f26e13..91b4f41 100644
--- a/pyrodigal/__init__.py
+++ b/pyrodigal/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 __author__ = "Martin Larralde <martin.larralde@embl.de>"
 __license__ = "GPLv3"
-__version__ = "0.4.7"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
 
 _Sequence.register(Genes)