diff --git a/pynvim/_version.py b/pynvim/_version.py
index 2e0ee81b..5d3c4712 100644
--- a/pynvim/_version.py
+++ b/pynvim/_version.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 # see also setup.py
-VERSION = SimpleNamespace(major=0, minor=5, patch=1, prerelease="dev0")
+VERSION = SimpleNamespace(major=0, minor=5, patch=1, prerelease="")
 
 # e.g. "0.5.0", "0.5.0.dev0" (PEP-440)
 __version__ = '{major}.{minor}.{patch}'.format(**vars(VERSION))