diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
index ee56b2e3..da6f9af0 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ git push upstream v0.6.0
 27.  - [ ] Make sure the released libraries work and contain the artifacts you would expect 
 28.  - [ ] Aggregate all the changelog notices from the PRs and add them to the changelog file
 29.  - [ ] Bump the versions on master from `0.9.0-SNAPSHOT` to `0.10.0-SNAPSHOT`, `0.6.0.dev0` to `0.7.0.dev0`
-30.  - [ ] Apply changes to the minor_release and patch_release issue templates if they need any
-31.  - [ ] Open a PR on master with the changes in steps 29, 30, and 31. See [example PR here](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/317). Get a review and merge the PR.
-32.  - [ ] Make release on GitHub (set as pre-release and generate auto release notes between the previous tag and the new one)
-33.  - [ ] Post in the announcement channel
-34.  - [ ] Tweet about the library
+30.  - [ ] Apply changes to the release issue template if needed
+31.  - [ ] Make release on GitHub (set as pre-release and generate auto release notes between the previous tag and the new one)
+32.  - [ ] Post in the announcement channel
+33.  - [ ] Tweet about the library
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a405725..2bfc0258 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,35 @@ Changelog information can also be found in each release's git tag (which can be
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v1.0.0-beta.5]
+This release updates the bdk-ffi libraries to the latest bdk_wallet 1.0.0-beta.5 and related libraries (Esplora, Electrum, etc.). 
+
+#### Added
+`EsploraClient`
+    - `get_tx` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/598]
+`Wallet`
+    - `peek_address` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    - `next_derivation_index` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    - `next_unused_address` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    - `mark_used` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    - `reveal_addresses_to` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    - `list_unused_addresses` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    - `descriptor_checksum` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/603]
+    - `finalize_psbt` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/604]
+    - `cancel_tx` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/601]
+    - `get_utxo` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/601]
+    - `derivation_of_spk` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/601]
+`TxBuilder`
+    - `set_exact_sequence` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/600]
+
+#### Changed
+`Wallet`
+    - corrected argument name in `reveal_next_address` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/599]
+    
+#### Removed
+`TxBuilder`
+    - `enable_rbf` [https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-ffi/pull/600]
+
 ## [v1.0.0-beta.2]
 This release updates the bdk-ffi libraries to the latest bdk_wallet 1.0.0-beta.2 and related libraries (Esplora, Electrum, etc.), as well as uses the latest uniffi-rs library version 0.28.0. The releases now depend on [bitcoin-ffi] for the types that are exposed from the rust-bitcoin org. It also bumps the minimum supported Android API level to 24 (Android Nougat).
 
diff --git a/bdk-android/gradle.properties b/bdk-android/gradle.properties
index f6a35ee0..42ca17c5 100644
--- a/bdk-android/gradle.properties
+++ b/bdk-android/gradle.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
-libraryVersion=1.0.0-beta.5-SNAPSHOT
+libraryVersion=1.0.0-beta.6-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/bdk-jvm/gradle.properties b/bdk-jvm/gradle.properties
index 87603652..fa79b3d9 100644
--- a/bdk-jvm/gradle.properties
+++ b/bdk-jvm/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 android.enableJetifier=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
-libraryVersion=1.0.0-beta.5-SNAPSHOT
+libraryVersion=1.0.0-beta.6-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/bdk-jvm/scripts/build-windows-x86_64.sh b/bdk-jvm/scripts/build-windows-x86_64.sh
index a0409b56..e6ee0c7e 100644
--- a/bdk-jvm/scripts/build-windows-x86_64.sh
+++ b/bdk-jvm/scripts/build-windows-x86_64.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 COMPILATION_TARGET="x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
 TARGET_DIR="target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/release-smaller"
 RESOURCE_DIR="resources/win32-x86-64"
-LIB_NAME="bdkffi.ddl"
+LIB_NAME="bdkffi.dll"
 
 # Move to the Rust library directory
 cd ../bdk-ffi/ || exit
diff --git a/bdk-python/setup.py b/bdk-python/setup.py
index a668acc0..3e703d5e 100644
--- a/bdk-python/setup.py
+++ b/bdk-python/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="bdkpython",
-    version="1.0.0b5.dev",
+    version="1.0.0b6.dev",
     description="The Python language bindings for the Bitcoin Development Kit",
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",