From 78a77399c98a68e78e5a85833f115b834806357c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akos Foldesi <flds.akos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:37:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): 0.5.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 8 ++++++++
 package.json | 2 +-
 src/index.ts | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfe3b36..ae29984 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.5.0] — 2026-04-23
+
+### Changed
+
+- Paired version bump with `@openeudi/openid4vp@0.5.0` (synchronized-versioning rule). No API change in `@openeudi/core` this release — upgrading is purely for version alignment.
+
+[0.5.0]: https://github.com/openeudi/core/releases/tag/v0.5.0
+
 ## [0.4.0] — 2026-04-21
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 335f3ef..8adfab4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openeudi/core",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Framework-agnostic EUDI Wallet verification protocol engine",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 075dc74..8764ab9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @openeudi/core -- EUDI Wallet verification protocol engine
-export const VERSION = '0.4.0';
+export const VERSION = '0.5.0';
 
 // Types
 export { VerificationType, VerificationStatus } from './types/index.js';