diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3abaae139..63321df1b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Release 0.5 (in development)
-============================
+Release 0.5 (Nov 23, 2008) -- Birthday release!
+===============================================
 
 New features added
 ------------------
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 69b07edf2..aa4398e03 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import sys
 
 __revision__ = '$Revision$'
 __version__ = '0.5'
-__released__ = '0.5 (hg)'
+__released__ = '0.5'
 
 
 def main(argv=sys.argv):