diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b04d9356d..a98f91516 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-commons-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Data Commons Distribution</name>
-	<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0.M5</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml b/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml
index 9b8c48dab..7ccbc26fd 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0.M5</version>
     <relativePath>../spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml b/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml
index 4e243f88f..ef9b9e68a 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-commons-parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<artifactId>spring-data-commons-parent</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Data Commons Parent</name>
 	<url>http://www.springsource.org/spring-data</url>
-	<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0.M5</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
index f78156a5d..5a5a2a653 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelog.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Spring Data Commons Changelog
 =============================================
 
-Changes in version 1.0.0.M5
+Changes in version 1.0.0.M5 (2011-03-23)
 ----------------------------------------
 
 General
 * Polished basic mapping infrastructure
+* Changed package names for cross-store persistence support and removed unused prototype classes
 
 Repository
 * Minor API change in AbstractRepositoryConfigDefinitionParser