diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36cfe6b1523..c711ae90db9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ set( CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 5)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set(VERSION_SUFFIX rc2)
 
 if(VERSION_SUFFIX)
     set(VERSION_FULL "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/Docker/README.md b/Docker/README.md
index d0f7e980c74..6647d61726f 100644
--- a/Docker/README.md
+++ b/Docker/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ cd eos/Docker
 docker build . -t eosio/eos
 ```
 
-The above will build off the most recent commit to the master branch by default. If you would like to target a specific branch/tag, you may use a build argument. For example, if you wished to generate a docker image based off of the v1.5.0-rc2 tag, you could do the following:
+The above will build off the most recent commit to the master branch by default. If you would like to target a specific branch/tag, you may use a build argument. For example, if you wished to generate a docker image based off of the v1.5.0 tag, you could do the following:
 
 ```bash
-docker build -t eosio/eos:v1.5.0-rc2 --build-arg branch=v1.5.0-rc2 .
+docker build -t eosio/eos:v1.5.0 --build-arg branch=v1.5.0 .
 ```
 
 By default, the symbol in eosio.system is set to SYS. You can override this using the symbol argument while building the docker image.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f1f7e25639..9dbb16dc1c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ $ brew remove eosio
 ```
 #### Ubuntu 18.04 Debian Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0-rc2/eosio_1.5.0-rc2-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
-$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.0-rc2-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0/eosio_1.5.0-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
+$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.0-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
 ```
 #### Ubuntu 16.04 Debian Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0-rc2/eosio_1.5.0-rc2-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
-$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.0-rc2-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0/eosio_1.5.0-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
+$ sudo apt install ./eosio_1.5.0-1-ubuntu-16.04_amd64.deb
 ```
 #### Debian Package Uninstall
 ```sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ $ sudo apt remove eosio
 ```
 #### Centos RPM Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0-rc2/eosio-1.5.0-rc2.el7.x86_64.rpm
-$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.0-rc2.el7.x86_64.rpm
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0/eosio-1.5.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
+$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 #### Centos RPM Package Uninstall
 ```sh
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ $ sudo yum remove eosio.cdt
 ```
 #### Fedora RPM Package Install
 ```sh
-$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0-rc2/eosio-1.5.0-rc2.fc27.x86_64.rpm
-$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.0-rc2.fc27.x86_64.rpm
+$ wget https://github.com/eosio/eos/releases/download/v1.5.0/eosio-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm
+$ sudo yum install ./eosio-1.5.0-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 #### Fedora RPM Package Uninstall
 ```sh