diff --git a/.VERSION b/.VERSION
index 0062ac971..6b244dcd6 100644
--- a/.VERSION
+++ b/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.0
+5.0.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47a84229d..f3f1c07f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Copyright © 2011-2022 [James D. Mitchell][] et al.
 
 Licensing information can be found in the `LICENSE` file.
 
+### Version 5.0.1 (released 11/08/2022)
+
+This is a minor release resolving some issues in the kernel module and build
+system [[Max Horn][]].
+
 ### Version 5.0.0 (released 05/08/2022)
 
 This is a major release with several new features and some backwards
diff --git a/PackageInfo.g b/PackageInfo.g
index a71da30c5..fdd2718c9 100644
--- a/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/PackageInfo.g
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ _STANDREWSCS := Concatenation(["Jack Cole Building, North Haugh, ",
 SetPackageInfo(rec(
 PackageName := "Semigroups",
 Subtitle := "A package for semigroups and monoids",
-Version := "5.0.0",
-Date := "05/08/2022",  # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "5.0.1",
+Date := "11/08/2022",  # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-3.0-or-later",
 
 ArchiveFormats := ".tar.gz",
diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index e6eb7b6fb..e8a0e60d2 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ##
 ##
 
+release 5.0.1  - 11/08/2022
 release 5.0.0  - 05/08/2022
 release 4.0.3  - 01/07/2022
 release 4.0.2  - 05/06/2022