3.0.5 version bump
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 5fca578..1b982cb 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
 'sstableloader' tool. You can upgrade the file format of your snapshots
 using the provided 'sstableupgrade' tool.
 
+3.0.5
+=====
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+   - Nothing specific to this release, but please see previous versions upgrading section,
+     especially if you are upgrading from 2.2.
+
 3.0.4
 =====
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5ece0f7..27de95c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="3.0.4"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="3.0.5"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5e53f1e..7319ce7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+cassandra (3.0.5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Jake Luciani <jake@apache.org>  Sat, 02 Apr 2016 07:57:16 -0400
+
 cassandra (3.0.4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release
 
- -- Jake Luciani <jake@jakebook>  Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:36:33 -0500
+ -- Jake Luciani <jake@apache.org>  Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:36:33 -0500
 
 cassandra (3.0.3) unstable; urgency=medium