diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb259efe87c2..2812c7a8bd67 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ endif()
 set(HPX_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(HPX_VERSION_MINOR 5)
 set(HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR 0)
-set(HPX_VERSION_DATE 20200826)
-set(HPX_VERSION_TAG "-rc3")
+set(HPX_VERSION_DATE 20200902)
+set(HPX_VERSION_TAG "")
 
 set(HPX_VERSION
     "${HPX_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HPX_VERSION_MINOR}.${HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR}"
diff --git a/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt b/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
index b2f9dc6b78e1..0d92058d321d 100644
--- a/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
+++ b/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Wed Sep 02 2020 STE||AR Group <contact@stellar-group.org> 1.5.0
+- HPX Release 1.5.0 (https://hpx-docs.stellar-group.org/tags/1.5.0/html/releases/whats_new_1_5_0.html)
+
 * Wed Feb 12 2020 STE||AR Group <contact@stellar-group.org> 1.4.1-1
 - HPX Release 1.4.1 (https://hpx-docs.stellar-group.org/tags/1.4.1/html/releases/whats_new_1_4_1.html)
 
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst b/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst
index ed707c39e739..3366f4675bcf 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ It is also recommended that you check out the latest stable tag:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    git checkout 1.4.1
+    git checkout 1.5.0
 
 |hpx| dependencies
 ==================
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_5_0.rst b/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_5_0.rst
index 1dbad51524e2..b185032a9745 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_5_0.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_5_0.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .. _hpx_1_5_0:
 
 ===========================
-|hpx| V1.5.0 (?)
+|hpx| V1.5.0 (Sep 02, 2020)
 ===========================
 
 General changes