diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cb41b6f..9f3fd1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v 0.5.0 - 2011-02-06
+--------------------
+
+  * add support for ATA VERIFY command to allow testing drives over USB, 
+    FireWire and behind SAS backplanes
+  * fix crash with specific sized drives
+
 v 0.4.0 - 2010-10-07
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/hdck.c b/hdck.c
index d67e4f8..e89665a 100644
--- a/hdck.c
+++ b/hdck.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const struct version_t {
     const int major;
     const int minor;
     const int revision;
-} version = {0, 4, 0};
+} version = {0, 5, 0};
 
 /** structure representing program status */
 struct status_t {