diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b69afac..e24860d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # logstash-output-jdbc 
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/theangryangel/logstash-output-jdbc.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/theangryangel/logstash-output-jdbc) - This branch is targetting v5 of Logstash and will have frequent breakages.
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/theangryangel/logstash-output-jdbc.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/theangryangel/logstash-output-jdbc)
 
 This plugin is provided as an external plugin and is not part of the Logstash project.
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ See CHANGELOG.md
 Released versions are available via rubygems, and typically tagged.
 
 For development:
-  - See master branch for logstash v5 (currently **development only**)
+  - See master branch for logstash v5
   - See v2.x branch for logstash v2
   - See v1.5 branch for logstash v1.5 
   - See v1.4 branch for logstash 1.4
diff --git a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
index 1cecab5..62257bd 100644
--- a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
-  s.version = '5.0.0.pre'
+  s.version = '5.0.0'
   s.licenses = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary = 'This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC'
   s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install 'logstash-output-jdbc'. This gem is not a stand-alone program"