diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7a69702..afb24a6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-* Version 5.0.1 (unreleased)
+* Version 5.0.1 (released 2020-11-03)
+ ** Support hex encoded metadata values.
 
 * Version 5.0.0 (released 2017-03-30)
  ** Major release: This release is NOT backwards compatible.
diff --git a/README b/README
index d4f3229..383117b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Provides functionality for working with the server side aspects of the U2F
 protocol as defined in the link:http://fidoalliance.org/specifications/download[FIDO specifications].
 It supports Python 2.7, Python 3.3+ and PyPy 2.7+.
 
-NOTE: This project is in maintenance mode,
-https://developers.yubico.com/python-fido2/[python-fido2] is a new project with
-support for U2F and FIDO2.
+NOTE: This project is deprecated and new features will not be added. Please see
+https://developers.yubico.com/python-fido2/[python-fido2] which replaces this
+project.
 
 To read more about U2F and how to use a U2F library, visit
 link:http://developers.yubico.com/U2F[developers.yubico.com/U2F].
diff --git a/u2flib_server/__init__.py b/u2flib_server/__init__.py
index 9dba867..71f3905 100644
--- a/u2flib_server/__init__.py
+++ b/u2flib_server/__init__.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 # ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-__version__ = "5.0.1-dev0"
+__version__ = "5.0.1"