diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 51c5015..26ae45e 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+=== 0.5.0 2010-02-17
+* 1 major enhancement
+  * support for Linux 64 bit
+
 === 0.4.9 2010-02-16
 * 1 major enhancement
-  * support for Linux 32/64 bit
+  * support for Linux 32 bit
   
 === 0.4.8 2010-02-08
 * 1 major enhancement
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3eb40c2..42fc6ce 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ begin
   require 'jeweler'
   Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gemspec|
     gemspec.name = gemspec.rubyforge_project = "therubyracer"
-    gemspec.version = "0.4.9"
+    gemspec.version = "0.5.0"
     gemspec.summary = "Embed the V8 Javascript interpreter into Ruby"
     gemspec.description = "Call javascript code and manipulate javascript objects from ruby. Call ruby code and manipulate ruby objects from javascript."
     gemspec.email = "cowboyd@thefrontside.net"
diff --git a/lib/v8.rb b/lib/v8.rb
index 9672cfa..78ab661 100644
--- a/lib/v8.rb
+++ b/lib/v8.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__)) unless
   $:.include?(File.dirname(__FILE__)) || $:.include?(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
 
 module V8
-  VERSION = '0.4.9'
+  VERSION = '0.5.0'
   require 'v8/v8' #native glue
   require 'v8/to'
   require 'v8/context'