diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Changelog
+
+## [1.5.0](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/compare/1.4.9...v1.5.0) (2025-08-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add API: Users and Status/Health Endpoints ([#117](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/issues/117)) ([7d3e4fe](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/7d3e4fedc672226afb858088e0d6fc5b7ec7604a))
+* add more replacement options for download notifications ([3296af4](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/3296af497032c5fa8e2c89b21770e7f259448011))
+* add more replacement options for download notifications ([c32d16b](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/c32d16b6f23b2a7de2953931a1d7bd6d7f7f9eaa))
+* Add user api ([92a4018](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/92a401879bb71439c8e0ada579c16799059f8748))
+* added env variables for forcing login type and initializing username/password ([93a6315](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/93a6315e304a829506136e90fde2f98af71625f9))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* correct api key popup colors and cleanup unused code ([3e21d74](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/3e21d7476df097f2410c3a0af3804ac499df47a6))
+* oidc config not outputting errors on invalid endpoint url ([5a8f24c](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/5a8f24cec07e59d39f1208e001c18c1b2f0b68a7))
+* wrong color scheme in login/init pages ([5a8f24c](https://github.com/markbeep/AudioBookRequest/commit/5a8f24cec07e59d39f1208e001c18c1b2f0b68a7))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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 [project]
 name = "AudioBookRequest"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 requires-python = ">= 3.12"
 readme = "README.md"
 # no explicit versioning unless required. the uv.lock file is for that