diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index 4c02d08d..36ed6e92 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Changelog
 7.1.0 (dev)
 -----------
 
+7.0.5 (2019-10-01)
+-----------
+  * Fix ``verify_certs=False``
+
 7.0.4 (2019-08-22)
 -----------
   * Fix wheel distribution
diff --git a/elasticsearch/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
index 3a358121..b5567e29 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-VERSION = (7, 0, 4)
+VERSION = (7, 0, 5)
 __version__ = VERSION
 __versionstr__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb07b36a..dc459e03 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from os.path import join, dirname
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (7, 0, 4)
+VERSION = (7, 0, 5)
 __version__ = VERSION
 __versionstr__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))