diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 04293d69c0..1a8b0ce845 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ We have attempted to document known bugs and limitations - in particular the [HI
 
 ===================================================================================================
 Release: 1.5
-Date: 
+Date:
+- printf support in device code
+- Support for globals when using module API
+- hipify-clang now supports using newer versions of clang
 - HIP texture support equivalent to CUDA texture driver APIs
+- Updates to hipify-perl, hipify-clang and documentation
+
 
 ===================================================================================================
 Release: 1.4
diff --git a/bin/hipconfig b/bin/hipconfig
index cd8d36c5e7..2ff3c51d5e 100755
--- a/bin/hipconfig
+++ b/bin/hipconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
 $HIP_BASE_VERSION_MAJOR = "1";
-$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "4";
+$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "5";
 
 # Need perl > 5.10 to use logic-defined or
 use 5.006; use v5.10.1;