diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b94f268c..d1944c36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.0.2] - 2024-09-14
+
+BUG: fix CPU counting on Linux + Python <=3.12
+- this address an edge case where the main process isn't allowed to utilize all CPUs
+- the bug cannot be fixed for platforms other than Linux and on Python <3.13
+- it is *completely* fixed on Python >=3.13
+
 ## [5.0.1] - 2024-08-12
 
 BUG: fix a crash in inifix-format on single-core machines
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e473d150..6d6b97e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -339,14 +339,14 @@ following configuration (add to `.pre-commit-config.yaml`)
 
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/neutrinoceros/inifix.git
-    rev: v5.0.1
+    rev: v5.0.2
     hooks:
       - id: inifix-validate
 ```
 or
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/neutrinoceros/inifix.git
-    rev: v5.0.1
+    rev: v5.0.2
     hooks:
       - id: inifix-format
 ```
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Note that `inifix-format` also validates data by default, so it is redundant to
 utilize both hooks. Validation and formatting may nonetheless be decoupled as
 ```patch
   - repo: https://github.com/neutrinoceros/inifix.git
-    rev: v5.0.1
+    rev: v5.0.2
     hooks:
     - id: inifix-validate
     - id: inifix-format
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9cb2ce0c..dc85aa7c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "inifix"
-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "5.0.2"
 description = "An I/O library for Pluto-style ini files."
 authors = [
     { name = "C.M.T. Robert" },