diff --git a/releases/v1.5.0-beta.toml b/releases/v1.5.0-rc.toml
similarity index 94%
rename from releases/v1.5.0-beta.toml
rename to releases/v1.5.0-rc.toml
index 6159715a5..8b4bde787 100644
--- a/releases/v1.5.0-beta.toml
+++ b/releases/v1.5.0-rc.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ brings support for the Node Resource Interface (NRI).
 * **Add platform check for snapshotter support when unpacking** [#3927](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/3927)
 * **Handle loopback mounts** [#4902](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/4902)
 * **Support `userxattr` mount option for overlay in user namespace** [#5076](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5076)
+* **ZFS snapshotter implementation of usage** [#5243](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5243)
 
 #### Distribution
 * **Improve registry response errors** [#4523](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/4523)
@@ -52,9 +53,11 @@ brings support for the Node Resource Interface (NRI).
 * **Optimize LCOW snapshotter use of scratch layers** [#4643](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/4643)
 
 #### CRI
+* **Add NRI injection points** [cri#1552](https://github.com/containerd/cri/pull/1552)
 * **Add support for registry host directory configuration** [#4978](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/4978)
 * **Update privileged containers to use current capabilities instead of known capabilities** [#5017](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5017)
 * **Add pod annotations to CNI call** [#5026](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5026)
+* **Enable ocicrypt by default** [#5135](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/5135)
 
 ### Impactful Client Updates
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 21a5647ee..3f2129b1b 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "1.5.0-beta.4+unknown"
+	Version = "1.5.0-rc.0+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.