diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5.0.0.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5.0.0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8606707a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5.0.0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+release_summary: |-
+  New major release.
+
+  The main changes are that the collection dropped support for some ansible-core
+  versions that are End of Life, and thus dropped support for Python 2.7.
+  This allowed to modernize the Python code, in particular with type hints.
+  Also all module and plugin utils are now private to the collection, which
+  makes it easier to refactor code. All these changes should have no effect on
+  end-users.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index aba5b06c..cd7bdd13 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: docker
-version: 5.0.0-a1
+version: 5.0.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible Docker Working Group