diff --git a/build-deb.sh b/build-deb.sh
index c36ee750..86d6e33b 100755
--- a/build-deb.sh
+++ b/build-deb.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-ver="0.4"
+ver="0.5"
 git pull
 rm ../pvc_*
 dh_make -p pvc_${ver} --createorig --single --yes
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1579992a..7119fcd7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pvc (0.5-0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * First public release
+
+ -- Joshua Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>  Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:55:51 -0400
+
 pvc (0.4-0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Unification of all daemons into node daemon
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py b/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py
index 97a48047..e4fbb9c1 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Version string for startup output
-version = '0.4'
+version = '0.5'
 
 import kazoo.client
 import libvirt