diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7503e36..84ec796 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf .ipynb_checkpoints
 	rm -rf .jupyterlite.doit.db
 	rm -rf .pytest_cache
+	rm -rf .virtual_documents
 	rm -rf build
 	rm -rf dist
 	rm -rf docs/_build
diff --git a/release.txt b/release.txt
index f184808..f82fcee 100644
--- a/release.txt
+++ b/release.txt
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 # sanity check
   make rcheck
   
-# edit version in setup.cfg and docs/conf.py
-  git commit -m 'update version' setup.cfg docs/conf.py
+# edit version in pyspeckle/__init__.py
+  git commit -m 'update version' pyspeckle/__init__.py
 
 # update CHANGELOG.txt  `git shortlog v0.4.0..HEAD`
   git commit -m 'update recent changes' CHANGELOG.txt
   git push
 
 # create release tag on github
-  git tag v0.4.0
-  git push origin v0.4.0
+  git tag 0.5.0
+  git push origin 0.5.0
 
 # upload source to pypi
   python3 -m build