diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index db5a7b1a..8527e0ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-*unreleased*
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+20.5 - 2020-11-27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * Officially support Python 3.9 (:issue:`343`)
 * Deprecate the ``LegacyVersion`` and ``LegacySpecifier`` classes (:issue:`321`)
diff --git a/packaging/__init__.py b/packaging/__init__.py
index 7220d31e..4a328b1a 100644
--- a/packaging/__init__.py
+++ b/packaging/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # 2.0, and the BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the root of this repository
 # for complete details.
 """Core utilities for Python packages"""
-__version__ = "20.5.dev0"
+__version__ = "20.5"