diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 72fe85fb55ff57e2c5e2c167b597b9a026540d79..8e8b5dbec544b5d0edda5b44a0b840c4c030b519 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+1.5.0RC1 API-v5 beta
+features:
+- support new provider config API (beta)
+- allow to setup provider using an invite code and via an obfuscated proxy
+- new circumvention settings user interface
+- Add QR code scanning for invite code
+- in-app language picker
+- update openvpn and openssl
+- updated translations (<3<3<3 -> translators)
+bugfix:
+- fix support for ed25519 private VPN keys
+
 1.4.1 stable
 features:
 - update censorship circumvention library
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index f2d3b93ccc5d51afb5e2448c9d9e58a37a227cd8..ccd54dc94b455eb58e15069e45e5aafd7e3dad2d 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ android {
     // the factor 1000 is used so that gplay users can upgrade from split apks ((current version number - 1) * 1000) + n
     // to extracted bundle apks, supplied by google
     // however we don't calculate the versionCode here, because F-Droid doesn't like that
-    versionCode 176000
-    versionName "1.4.1"
+    versionCode 177000
+    versionName "1.5.0RC1"
     compileSdk 34
     minSdkVersion 21
     targetSdkVersion 34