diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 3c82f2f8..b5299969 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors:
     given-names: Oliver
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4216-2721
 title: "Bakta: rapid & standardized annotation of bacterial genomes, MAGs & plasmids"
-version: 1.4.1
+version: 1.5.0
 date-released: 2022-05-17
 keywords: 
   - bioinformatics
diff --git a/bakta.cwl b/bakta.cwl
index 54c18f58..6420ab40 100644
--- a/bakta.cwl
+++ b/bakta.cwl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ hints:
   SoftwareRequirement:
     packages:
       bakta:
-      version: [ "1.4.1" ]
+      version: [ "1.5.0" ]
 
 requirements:
   ResourceRequirement:
diff --git a/bakta/__init__.py b/bakta/__init__.py
index 7ea163c0..297bdff8 100644
--- a/bakta/__init__.py
+++ b/bakta/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.5.0-rc1'
+__version__ = '1.5.0'
 __db_schema_version__ = 4