diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90c110f1..5d63e84c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### Unreleased
+### v6.0.0-beta.5
 
 * Check if properties are defined before defining them. This ensures compatibility with alternative file loaders, notably by the Jest test framework.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea1519d8..0f3f539e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The API reference [can be found here](http://zeromq.github.io/zeromq.js/globals.
 Install ZeroMQ.js with prebuilt binaries:
 
 ```sh
-npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.4
+npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.5
 ```
 
 Requirements for prebuilt binaries:
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ Make sure you have the following installed before attempting to build from sourc
 To install from source
 
 ```sh
-npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.4 --build-from-source
+npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.5 --build-from-source
 ```
 
 If you want to link against a shared ZeroMQ library, you can build skip downloading libzmq and link with the installed library instead as follows:
 
 ```sh
-npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.4 --zmq-shared
+npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.5 --zmq-shared
 ```
 
 If you wish to use any DRAFT sockets then it is also necessary to compile the library from source:
 
 ```sh
-npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.4 --zmq-draft
+npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.5 --zmq-draft
 ```
 
 # Examples