diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
index 7b53e590..89c65c1a 100644
--- a/CRAN-SUBMISSION
+++ b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Version: 0.4.2
-Date: 2025-07-11 21:57:44 UTC
-SHA: 3213b769e21cf3b72e7a7b2900da76e037ba07f1
+Version: 0.5.0
+Date: 2025-09-21 18:31:22 UTC
+SHA: a0d3b9a79ee0f33db7841eba7e3e583cde73ee8e
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5e1aaed8..27e765f5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: tinyplot
 Type: Package
 Title: Lightweight Extension of the Base R Graphics System
-Version: 0.4.2.99
-Date: 2025-07-11
+Version: 0.5.0
+Date: 2025-09-21
 Authors@R: 
   c(
     person(
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index afc7b8b9..b8f2c63a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _If you are viewing this file on CRAN, please check the
 [latest NEWS](https://grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEWS.html) on our website
 where the formatting is also better._
 
-## Development
+## 0.5.0
 
 ### New features
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ where the formatting is also better._
   The updated `?type_points` documentation contains several examples.
   (#433 @grantmcdermott)
 - Improved horizontal legend spacing, as well as multicolumn legend support. A
-  new example in the "Tips & tricks" vignettes demonstrates the latter.
+  new example in the "Tips & tricks" vignette demonstrates the latter.
   (#446 @grantmcdermott)
 - Univariate boxplots (without grouping variable) are now handled in
   `tinyplot.default()`, so that `tinyplot(x, type = "boxplot")` and
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 612923b5..1eebe4d0 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Overview
 
-**tinyplot** v0.4.2 a patch release that contains mostly bug fixes.
+**tinyplot** v0.5.0 a minor release with some new features and bug fixes. 
 
 ## Test environments
 Arch Linux (local)