diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d98abbb5..724651bc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.0.0] - 2024-03-25
+- Fixed that scoped variables would overwrite parent scope [#952](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/952)
+- Removed publicly accessible `$tpl->_var_stack` variable
+
+
 ### Fixed
 - Too many shorthand attributes error when using a modifier as a function with more than 3 parameters in an expression [#949](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/949)
 
diff --git a/changelog/952.md b/changelog/952.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 838ed4fbe..000000000
--- a/changelog/952.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-- Fixed that scoped variables would overwrite parent scope [#952](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/952)
-- Removed publicly accessible `$tpl->_var_stack` variable
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Smarty.php b/src/Smarty.php
index 0fdf6dbd6..6925d4060 100644
--- a/src/Smarty.php
+++ b/src/Smarty.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.0.0-rc3';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.0.0';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes