diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e581556..e054d3dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ 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).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [5.0.4] - 2024-11-29
 
+- PERF: delay most costly import statements until they are needed
+- CLN: cleanup unused future imports
 - TST: add support for Python's optimized mode
 
 ## [5.0.3] - 2024-10-25
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3bc4f9f..c360bbee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -340,14 +340,14 @@ following configuration (add to `.pre-commit-config.yaml`)
 
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/neutrinoceros/inifix.git
-    rev: v5.0.3
+    rev: v5.0.4
     hooks:
       - id: inifix-validate
 ```
 or
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/neutrinoceros/inifix.git
-    rev: v5.0.3
+    rev: v5.0.4
     hooks:
       - id: inifix-format
 ```
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ 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: v5.0.3
+    rev: v5.0.4
     hooks:
     - id: inifix-validate
     - id: inifix-format
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 77454fcf..e255b70e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "inifix"
-version = "5.0.3"
+version = "5.0.4"
 description = "An I/O library for Pluto-style ini files."
 authors = [
     { name = "C.M.T. Robert" },