diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34684c47..79ae5829 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v5.0.1 / 2020 Sep 23
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.1"]
+```
+
+- [#319] Hotfix for broken spit-appender (@dimovich).
+
+
 ## v5.0.0 / 2020 Sep 21
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc4b8494..baa93308 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.0"] ; See CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.1"] ; See CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 <!-- ![build status](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre/workflows/build/badge.svg?branch=master) -->
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Your link here?          | **PR's welcome!**
 Add the necessary dependency to your project:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.0"]
+[com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.1"]
 ```
 
 And setup your namespace imports:
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6a5c879a..1ee69c66 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "5.0.1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Pure Clojure/Script logging library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"