diff --git a/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md
index 5aa188d8..5e373671 100644
--- a/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/ruma/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 # [unreleased]
 
-Breaking changes:
+# 0.5.0
 
-* Update `send_{message,state}_event::Request::new`'s `content` parameters to be
-  generic, such that custom events can easily be sent
-  * To migrate, simply stop wrapping content structs in `AnyMessageEventContent`
-    before passing them to those constructors
+Please refer to the changelogs of:
+
+* ruma-identifiers 0.21.0 and 0.22.0
+* ruma-common 0.7.0 and 0.8.0
+* ruma-events 0.25.0 and 0.26.0
+* ruma-appservice-api 0.5.0
+* ruma-client-api 0.13.0
+* ruma-federation-api 0.4.0
+* ruma-identity-service-api 0.4.0
+* ruma-push-gateway-api 0.4.0
+* ruma-client 0.8.0
+* ruma-serde 0.6.0
+* ruma-signatures 0.10.0
+* ruma-state-res 0.6.0
 
 # 0.4.0
 
diff --git a/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml
index 5413e3d0..793d83db 100644
--- a/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ homepage = "https://www.ruma.io/"
 repository = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "0.4.0" # update in workspace README.md too!
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
diff --git a/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml b/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml
index cb5824c3..f57bbbdc 100644
--- a/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-ruma = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client", "client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls", "events", "rand"] }
+ruma = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client", "client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls", "events", "rand"] }
 # For building locally: use the git dependencies below.
 # Browse the source at this revision here: https://github.com/ruma/ruma/tree/f161c8117c706fc52089999e1f406cf34276ec9d
 # ruma = { git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma", rev = "f161c8117c706fc52089999e1f406cf34276ec9d", features = ["client-api-c", "client", "client-hyper-native-tls", "events"] }