diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 85c9df88..60e58b93 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## go-nsq Change Log
 
-### 1.0.5-alpha
+### 1.0.5 - 2015-09-19
 
 **Upgrading from 1.0.4**: There are no backward incompatible changes.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b03d5499..058b9c61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,28 +4,19 @@ The official Go package for [NSQ][nsq].
 
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/nsqio/go-nsq.png?branch=master)][travis] [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/nsqio/go-nsq?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/nsqio/go-nsq)
 
-The latest stable release is **[1.0.4][latest_tag]**
-
-NOTE: The public API has been refactored as of `v1.0.0` and is not backwards compatible with
-previous releases. **[0.3.7][legacy]** is the last stable release compatible with the legacy API.
-Please read the [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) guide.
+The latest stable release is **[1.0.5][latest_tag]**.
 
 ### Docs
 
-See [godoc][nsq_gopkgdoc].
-
-See the [main repo apps][apps] directory for examples of clients built using this package.
+See [godoc][nsq_gopkgdoc] and the [main repo apps][apps] directory for examples of clients built
+using this package.
 
 ### Tests
 
-Tests are run via `./test.sh` (which requires `nsqd` and `nsqlookupd` to be installed)
+Tests are run via `./test.sh` (which requires `nsqd` and `nsqlookupd` to be installed).
 
 [nsq]: https://github.com/nsqio/nsq
 [nsq_gopkgdoc]: http://godoc.org/github.com/nsqio/go-nsq
 [apps]: https://github.com/nsqio/nsq/tree/master/apps
-[consumer]: http://godoc.org/github.com/nsqio/go-nsq#Consumer
-[producer]: http://godoc.org/github.com/nsqio/go-nsq#Producer
-[pr30]: https://github.com/nsqio/go-nsq/pull/30
-[legacy]: https://github.com/nsqio/go-nsq/releases/tag/v0.3.7
 [travis]: http://travis-ci.org/nsqio/go-nsq
-[latest_tag]: https://github.com/nsqio/go-nsq/releases/tag/v1.0.4
+[latest_tag]: https://github.com/nsqio/go-nsq/releases/tag/v1.0.5
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 73c06047..6bf16bc6 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 package nsq
 
 // VERSION
-const VERSION = "1.0.5-alpha"
+const VERSION = "1.0.5"