diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2e9941e..32a2351 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 $Id$
 
+Changes between 0.4 and 0.5:
+----------------------------
+
+  * palette optimisation for the S-Lang driver to work around the colour pair
+    shortage bug
+  * minor compilation fix
+
 Changes between 0.3 and 0.4:
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5338cf6..cd5b3a3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libcaca, 0.4)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libcaca, 0.5)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d8f9bef..2960368 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libcaca (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Sam Hocevar (Debian packages) <sam+deb@zoy.org>  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:34:51 +0100
+
 libcaca (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.