diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: stringr
 Title: Simple, Consistent Wrappers for Common String Operations
-Version: 1.4.1.9000
+Version: 1.5.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# stringr (development version)
+# stringr 1.5.0
 
 ## Breaking changes