diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 28b8d3a15..1e3c67ffe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = [".", "examples/opentelemetry", "examples/custom-root-span"]
 
 [package]
 name = "tracing-actix-web"
-version = "0.5.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors = ["Luca Palmieri <rust@lpalmieri.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ opentelemetry_0_17 = ["opentelemetry_0_17_pkg", "tracing-opentelemetry_0_17_pkg"
 emit_event_on_error = []
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = { version = "=4.0.0-rc.3", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false }
 pin-project = "1.0.0"
 tracing = "0.1.19"
 tracing-futures = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f31f5a19c..3e3ab6de3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Add `tracing-actix-web` to your dependencies:
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
 # ...
-tracing-actix-web = "=0.5.0-rc.3"
+tracing-actix-web = "0.5"
 tracing = "0.1"
-actix-web = "=4.0.0-rc.3"
+actix-web = "4"
 ```
 
 `tracing-actix-web` exposes three feature flags:
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ actix-web = "=4.0.0-rc.3"
 - `opentelemetry_0_17`: same as above but using `opentelemetry` 0.17;
 - `emit_event_on_error`: emit a [`tracing`] event when request processing fails with an error (enabled by default).
 
-`tracing-actix-web` will release `0.5.0`, going out of beta, as soon as `actix-web` releases a stable `4.0.0`.
-
 ## Quickstart
 
 ```rust,compile_fail
diff --git a/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml b/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
index 860a3094b..c610726c3 100644
--- a/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "=4.0.0-rc.3"
+actix-web = "4"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.17", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.16", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.17" }
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 78ae9c7ff..5f1f5fc0c 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "=4.0.0-rc.3"
+actix-web = "4"
 tracing = "0.1.19"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.17", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.16", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c6984d5e6..6acd6535d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
 //! # ...
-//! tracing-actix-web = "=0.5.0-rc.3"
+//! tracing-actix-web = "0.5"
 //! tracing = "0.1"
-//! actix-web = "=4.0.0-rc.3"
+//! actix-web = "4"
 //! ```
 //!
 //! `tracing-actix-web` exposes three feature flags:
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 //! - `opentelemetry_0_17`: same as above but using `opentelemetry` 0.17;
 //! - `emit_event_on_error`: emit a [`tracing`] event when request processing fails with an error (enabled by default).
 //!
-//! `tracing-actix-web` will release `0.5.0`, going out of beta, as soon as `actix-web` releases a stable `4.0.0`.
-//!
 //! ## Quickstart
 //!
 //! ```rust,compile_fail