diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 2e4bce3..d04069d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+5.0.1 (2016-04-19)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Support passing an alternate language to cli to be used when a language can
+  not be guessed from the code file.
+
+
 5.0.0 (2016-04-18)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/wakatime/__about__.py b/wakatime/__about__.py
index d561bf9..85bc53d 100644
--- a/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('5', '0', '0')
+__version_info__ = ('5', '0', '1')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'