diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 2603334..d458fcb 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-#### 0.1.0 July 12 2019 ####
-**Beta Release of Akka.Persistence.Azure**
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+#### 0.5.0 October 08 2019 ####
+**Beta Release of Akka.Persistence.Azure**
+
+Akka.Persistence.Azure v0.5.0 is a major leap forward ahead of v0.1.0. It fully implements Akka.Persistence.Query and fully implements Akka.NET v1.4.0-compatible serialization techniques.
+
+There are still some issues with respect to ordering and result sets from Akka.Persistence.Query and those will be addressed in a future release of Akka.Persistence.Azure.
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diff --git a/src/common.props b/src/common.props
index 32013d5..f0698df 100644
--- a/src/common.props
+++ b/src/common.props
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Copyright>Copyright © 2017 Your Company</Copyright>
     <Authors>Your Authors</Authors>
-    <VersionPrefix>0.1.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Beta Release of Akka.Persistence.Azure**</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <VersionPrefix>0.5.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Beta Release of Akka.Persistence.Azure**
+Akka.Persistence.Azure v0.5.0 is a major leap forward ahead of v0.1.0. It fully implements Akka.Persistence.Query and fully implements Akka.NET v1.4.0-compatible serialization techniques.
+There are still some issues with respect to ordering and result sets from Akka.Persistence.Query and those will be addressed in a future release of Akka.Persistence.Azure.</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageIconUrl>
     </PackageIconUrl>
     <PackageProjectUrl>