diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 
-coreboot-x230 0.0.5 - tbd
+coreboot-x230 0.0.5 - released 2018-04-18
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 This release includes the following changes:
+* based on coreboot commit 92263853ad
+* update SeaBIOS to version 1.11.1
+* new release packaging
+* scripts to simplify flashing
 
 
 coreboot-x230 0.0.4 - released 2018-03-15
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ how to flash them for the
 SeaBIOS is used as coreboot payload to be compatible with Windows and Linux
 systems.
 
-## Latest build (config overview and version info)
-See our [releases](https://github.com/merge/coreboot-x230/releases)
-
+## Latest release (config overview and version info)
+* coreboot-x230 0.0.5 - see our [release page](https://github.com/merge/coreboot-x230/releases)
 * Lenovo's proprietary VGA BIOS ROM is executed in "secure" mode
 
 ### coreboot
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ That's the preferred way to use coreboot. The git revision we use is always incl
 * revision `1f` from 2018-02-07 (Intel package [20180312](https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27591) not yet in coreboot upstream) under [Intel's license](LICENSE.microcode)
 
 ### SeaBIOS
-* version [1.11.0](https://seabios.org/Releases#SeaBIOS_1.11.0) from 2017-11-10 (part of coreboot upstream)
+* version [1.11.1](https://seabios.org/Releases) from 2018-03-19 (part of coreboot upstream)
 
 ## table of contents
 * [TL;DR](#tl-dr)