diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.rst b/docs/releasenotes.rst
index 3f82be4..2749d47 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release Notes
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
 
+    releases/1.5.0
     releases/1.4.1
     releases/1.4.0
     releases/1.3.0
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.5.0.rst b/docs/releases/1.5.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b44993a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/1.5.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+.. _v1.5.0:
+
+neurotic 1.5.0
+==============
+
+2021-01-17
+
+This release's biggest feature is Google Drive integration: Use *neurotic* to
+fetch data files from either My Drive or Shared Drives (formerly known as Team
+Drives). Read more here: :ref:`gdrive-urls` and :ref:`gdrive`.
+
+Additionally, you can now customize some default settings for *neurotic*, such
+as which metadata file is opened by default. Read more here:
+:ref:`global-config`.
+
+New features
+------------
+
+* Add capability to download files from Google Drive
+  (:pr:`294`, :pr:`297`, :pr:`309`)
+
+* Allow users to change defaults in a global configuration file
+  (:pr:`285`, :pr:`304`)
+
+Improvements
+------------
+
+* Automatically check for updates when the app is launched
+  (:pr:`307`, :pr:`310`)
+
+* Remove incomplete files when a download is interrupted
+  (:pr:`280`)
+
+* Add amplitude discriminator parameter for extrema type (detect peaks or
+  troughs)
+  (:pr:`284`)
+
+* Annotate detected spike trains with amplitude discriminator units and epoch
+  (:pr:`281`, :pr:`282`, :pr:`284`)
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+* Many aesthetic and content improvements to the documentation
+  (:pr:`256`, :pr:`268`, :pr:`269`, :pr:`272`, :pr:`273`, :pr:`274`, :pr:`275`,
+  :pr:`295`, :pr:`298`, :pr:`302`, :pr:`303`, :pr:`305`, :pr:`306`, :pr:`308`)
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+* Transition to GitHub Actions for automated testing
+  (:pr:`286`, :pr:`287`, :pr:`299`, :pr:`301`)
+
+* Add tests for and declare support for Python 3.9
+  (:pr:`283`)
+
+* Exclude py files not part of the main package from coverage reports
+  (:pr:`300`)
diff --git a/neurotic/global_config_template.txt b/neurotic/global_config_template.txt
index a0bdd59..fd6c32a 100644
--- a/neurotic/global_config_template.txt
+++ b/neurotic/global_config_template.txt
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@
 
 [app]
 # When the app is launched, neurotic automatically checks for updates unless
-# this parameter is set to false.
+# the "auto_check_for_updates" parameter is set to false.
+
 # auto_check_for_updates = true
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 251e921..987d910 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 # Change version number here, not in neurotic/version.py, which is generated
 # by this script. Try to follow recommended versioning guidelines at semver.org.
 MAJOR       = 1     # increment for backwards-incompatible changes
-MINOR       = 4     # increment for backwards-compatible feature additions
-MICRO       = 2     # increment for backwards-compatible bug fixes
-IS_RELEASED = False # determines whether version will be marked as development
+MINOR       = 5     # increment for backwards-compatible feature additions
+MICRO       = 0     # increment for backwards-compatible bug fixes
+IS_RELEASED = True  # determines whether version will be marked as development
 VERSION     = f'{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{MICRO}'
 
 # Try to fetch the git revision number from the .git directory if it exists,
@@ -105,10 +105,11 @@
     author_email = 'jeffrey.p.gill@gmail.com',
     license = 'MIT',
     url = 'https://github.com/jpgill86/neurotic',
-    project_urls={
+    project_urls = {
         'Documentation': 'https://neurotic.readthedocs.io',
         'Source code': 'https://github.com/jpgill86/neurotic',
         'Bug tracker': 'https://github.com/jpgill86/neurotic/issues',
+        'Change log': 'https://neurotic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html',
     },
     classifiers = [
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',