diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2537c1f1..f1c1e588 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.0"
+  ".": "0.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf847ef1..eab54956 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.0](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0) (2026-03-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add DefaultAzureCredential authentication support ([#174](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/issues/174)) ([ced266c](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/commit/ced266c145f54624b17a0568670fc77f0722203d))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **azure:** require storage account for explicit credentials ([#177](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/issues/177)) ([20b7e0e](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/commit/20b7e0e10b0f6e75828e13b89f92cf7810c4d21e))
+* **deps:** update all non-major go dependencies ([#182](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/issues/182)) ([157c585](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/commit/157c5851eb558df620f8ed73cb251aca83f10f2f))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/cloudnative-pg/machinery to v0.3.3 ([#178](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/issues/178)) ([1030369](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/commit/1030369f3b81b97116cb0e3e910562833f3180e5))
+* **deps:** update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.41.0 ([#190](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/issues/190)) ([45445d4](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/commit/45445d4339f63fc40cc2eb1901f0f195e9ca86d9))
+* **deps:** update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.23.1 ([#187](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/issues/187)) ([15cac4a](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/commit/15cac4ac53f07dba8dab5feaff1e034dbbfbc6cb))
+
 ## [0.4.0](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/compare/v0.3.3...v0.4.0) (2025-12-24)