diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 724651bc2..274c3b74a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.0.1] - 2024-03-27
+- Fix error in Smarty\Smarty::compileAllTemplates() by including missing FilesystemIterator class [#966](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/966)  
+
+
 ## [5.0.0] - 2024-03-25
 - Fixed that scoped variables would overwrite parent scope [#952](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/952)
 - Removed publicly accessible `$tpl->_var_stack` variable
diff --git a/src/Smarty.php b/src/Smarty.php
index 0f6ee0ce7..bf1d3fad5 100644
--- a/src/Smarty.php
+++ b/src/Smarty.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.0.0';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.0.1';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes