diff --git a/lib/puma/const.rb b/lib/puma/const.rb
index 61e288cccd..c1c16fe759 100644
--- a/lib/puma/const.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/const.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class UnsupportedOption < RuntimeError
   # too taxing on performance.
   module Const
 
-    PUMA_VERSION = VERSION = "5.0.0.beta2".freeze
+    PUMA_VERSION = VERSION = "5.0.0".freeze
     CODE_NAME = "Spoony Bard".freeze
 
     PUMA_SERVER_STRING = ['puma', PUMA_VERSION, CODE_NAME].join(' ').freeze