diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a689e5e35..f048c6283 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.0.0-alpha.5] - 2022-10-27
+
 ### Added
 - Add Rust specific build info to metadata - [#680](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/680)
 
 ### Changed
-- Removed requirement to install binaryen. The `wasm-opt` tool is now compiled into `cargo-contract`.
+- Removed requirement to install binaryen. The `wasm-opt` tool is now compiled into `cargo-contract` - [#766](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/766).
 - Make linting opt in with `--lint` - [#799](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/799)
 
+### Fixed
+-  Log failure instead of failing when decoding an event - [#769](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/769)
+
 ## [2.0.0-alpha.4] - 2022-10-03
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e278c5675..851084575 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-contract"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.4"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ checksum = "245097e9a4535ee1e3e3931fcfcd55a796a44c643e8596ff6566d68f09b87bbc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-metadata"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.4"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
 dependencies = [
  "impl-serde 0.4.0",
  "pretty_assertions",
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "contract-transcode"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.4"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
diff --git a/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
index 323d60519..793ea6de7 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cargo-contract"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.4"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ colored = "2.0.0"
 toml = "0.5.9"
 rustc_version = "0.4.0"
 blake2 = "0.10.4"
-contract-metadata = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.4", path = "../metadata" }
-transcode = { package = "contract-transcode", version = "2.0.0-alpha.4", path = "../transcode" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../metadata" }
+transcode = { package = "contract-transcode", version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../transcode" }
 semver = { version = "1.0.14", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.147", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.87"
diff --git a/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml b/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml
index 70b2a0ee2..8f3e95f1f 100644
--- a/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-metadata"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.4"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml b/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml
index 7a7e4a65f..af9bb1b1a 100644
--- a/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/transcode/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "contract-transcode"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.4"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.5"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.66"
-contract-metadata = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.4", path = "../metadata" }
+contract-metadata = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../metadata" }
 env_logger = "0.9.1"
 escape8259 = "0.5.2"
 hex = "0.4.3"