diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d75158d..ee35182 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.0](https://github.com/HellButcher/tinybox-rs/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0) - 2026-10-08
+
+### Fixed
+
+- allow coercion in unstable
+
+### Other
+
+- document public items
+
 ## [0.4.1](https://github.com/HellButcher/tinybox-rs/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) - 2026-10-05
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7097357..fa12bda 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tinybox"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Like `Box`, but with an optimization that avoids allocations for small data-structures"
 authors = ["Christoph Hommelsheim <main@chommel.eu>"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"