Mynewt release 1.5.0
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 257b059..2c08aba 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-04 June 2018 - Apache Newtmgr v1.4.0
+18 October 2018 - Apache Newtmgr v1.5.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 
 New features in this version of newtmgr include:
 
-* interactive shell for COAP operations
-* "version" command
-* moved documentation from apache-core to newtmgr repo
+* Support for specifying connection timeout
+* Upload progress bar improvements
+* Support for boolean values in resource key-value pair
+* Support for selecting used BLE controller (Linux only)
 * various bugfixes
 
 If working on next-generation build and source package management systems
diff --git a/newtmgr/newtmgr.go b/newtmgr/newtmgr.go
index 42fe7ae..fb71d1a 100644
--- a/newtmgr/newtmgr.go
+++ b/newtmgr/newtmgr.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 		ExeName:       "newtmgr",
 		ShortName:     "Newtmgr",
 		LongName:      "Apache Newtmgr",
-		VersionString: "1.5.0-dev",
+		VersionString: "1.5.0",
 		CfgFilename:   ".newtmgr.cp.json",
 	}