diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index d9ebe83..7e66ff0 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Before making a release, all of these should be complete:
 
 - [ ] Update `version` in `pyproject.toml`
 - [ ] Update `share/version.txt`
+- [ ] Update the "Version" field in `install/linux/dangerzone.spec`
 - [ ] Update version and download links in `README.md`, and screenshot if necessary
 - [ ] CHANGELOG.md should be updated to include a list of all major changes since the last release
 - [ ] There must be a PGP-signed git tag for the version, e.g. for dangerzone 0.1.0, the tag must be `v0.1.0`
diff --git a/install/linux/dangerzone.spec b/install/linux/dangerzone.spec
index 7a8b832..d24092c 100644
--- a/install/linux/dangerzone.spec
+++ b/install/linux/dangerzone.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Name:           dangerzone-qubes
 Name:           dangerzone
 %endif
 
-Version:        0.4.2
+Version:        0.5.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d6545a..df8553f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dangerzone"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs"
 authors = ["Freedom of the Press Foundation <info@freedom.press>", "Micah Lee <micah.lee@theintercept.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/share/version.txt b/share/version.txt
index 2b7c5ae..8f0916f 100644
--- a/share/version.txt
+++ b/share/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.2
+0.5.0