diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c4da906..eb813076 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Status of the `main` branch. Changes prior to the next official version change will appear here.
 
+# v1.5.0 (2026-05-18)
+
 * General:
   - Make tool descriptions more amenable to tool search mechanisms as now used in several clients (e.g. avoid referencing other tools' names, etc.)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce4509c8..cd7fb6a4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = ["hatchling"]
 
 [project]
 name = "serena-agent"
-version = "1.3.1.dev0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 description = "A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent"
 authors = [{ name = "Oraios AI", email = "info@oraios-ai.de" }]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/serena/__init__.py b/src/serena/__init__.py
index ff1e611f..251332e7 100644
--- a/src/serena/__init__.py
+++ b/src/serena/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.3.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.5.0"
 
 import logging
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 71cc337e..1def9dc9 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serena-agent"
-version = "1.3.1.dev0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anthropic" },