diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53b07ff89..656577de6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog Roundcube Webmail
 
-## Unreleased
+## Release 1.5.0
 
 - Support displaying RTF content (including encapsulated HTML) from a TNEF attachment
 - Newmail_notifier: Improved the notification sound (#8155)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10b9ee30d..ef0f0139f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GITREMOTE=git://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail.git
-GITBRANCH=master
+GITBRANCH=release-1.5
 GPGKEY=devs@roundcube.net
 VERSION=1.5-rc