diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 81b895485..76f5266ca 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Christian Boos <cboos@edgewall.org> <cboos@bct-technology.com>
 Guillermo Pérez <bisho@fb.com> <bisho@freedreams.org>
 Gustavo Di Pietro <pistacchio@gmail.com>
 J. David Ibáñez <jdavid.ibp@gmail.com> <jdavid@itaapy.com>
+Jeremy Westwood <jeremy.westwood@hexagon.com>
 Jose Plana <jplana@tuenti.com> <jplana@gmail.com>
 Kaarel Kitsemets <kitsemets@gmail.com>
 Lukas Fleischer <lfleischer@lfos.de> <info@cryptocrack.de>
diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index dcfe69cee..a3e0a6cd2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Authors::
   Carlos Martín Nieto
   Nico von Geyso
   Sviatoslav Sydorenko
-  Matthias Bartelmeß
   Robert Coup
+  Matthias Bartelmeß
   W. Trevor King
   Drew DeVault
   Dave Borowitz
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Authors::
   Jose Plana
   Matthew Duggan
   Matthew Gamble
+  Jeremy Westwood
   Martin Lenders
   Petr Hosek
   Sriram Raghu
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ Authors::
   Chris Jerdonek
   Chris Rebert
   Christopher Hunt
+  Craig de Stigter
   Cristian Hotea
   Cyril Jouve
   Dan Cecile
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ Authors::
   Hugh Cole-Baker
   Isabella Stephens
   Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse
+  Jiri Benc
   Jonathan Robson
   Josh Bleecher Snyder
   Justin Clift
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ Authors::
   Patrick Lühne
   Paul Wagland
   Peter Dave Hello
+  Peter Rowlands
   Philippe Ombredanne
   Ram Rachum
   Remy Suen
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ Authors::
   Sheeo
   Soasme
   Steven Winfield
+  Tad Hardesty
   Vladimir Rutsky
   Yu Jianjian
   buhl
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1ef449134..b8d1e708b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.5.0 (UNRELEASED)
+1.5.0 (2021-01-23)
 -------------------------
 
 - New ``PackBuilder`` class and ``Repository.pack(...)``
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 - New ``Repository.is_shallow``
   `#1058 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1058>`_
 
-- New optional ``message`` argument for ``Repository.create_reference(...)``
+- New optional ``message`` argument in ``Repository.create_reference(...)``
   `#1061 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1061>`_
   `#1043 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/1043>`_
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f94a9c73f..513efc4c6 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: 1.4.{build}
+version: 1.5.{build}
 image: Visual Studio 2019
 configuration: Release
 environment:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 31825519e..c4c0d3c81 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #author = ''
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.4.0'
+release = '1.5.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 072c7f98a..1e19c8a03 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ of Python and the required libgit2 version.
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
 | pygit2    | Python         | libgit2        |
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
+| 1.5.x     | 3.6 - 3.9      | 1.1.x          |
++-----------+----------------+----------------+
 | 1.4.x     | 3.6 - 3.9      | 1.1.x          |
 +-----------+----------------+----------------+
 | 1.3.x     | 3.6 - 3.8      | 1.0.x          |
diff --git a/pygit2/_build.py b/pygit2/_build.py
index 71398c3e0..003e20e14 100644
--- a/pygit2/_build.py
+++ b/pygit2/_build.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #
 # The version number of pygit2
 #
-__version__ = '1.4.0'
+__version__ = '1.5.0'
 
 
 #