diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2f5c066..d2a486e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# Version 0.5.0
+Changes in version 0.5.0 include:
+- Add workflow for compiling, running, and testing macOS binaries 
+- Add initial support for branching trajectories and example branching dataset
+- Update usage guidelines for large datasets and branching trajectories
+- Allow file separators in output directory
+- Support v7 mat files as input
+- Migrate continuous integration to GitHub Actions
+- Document partial Windows support
+
+Thank you [@ktakers](https://github.com/ktakers) for reporting the issues with the output directory and v7 mat file format.
+
 # Version 0.4.1
 Version 0.4.1 fixes a bug that occurred when multiple GLG tests were run in parallel with a shared file system.
 The same temporary .mat file was overwritten by different GLG tests.
diff --git a/code/SINGE.m b/code/SINGE.m
index 721f194..91a7418 100644
--- a/code/SINGE.m
+++ b/code/SINGE.m
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 % aggregation
 % hyperparameter_file = file path to text file containing all
 % hyperparameters
-SINGE_version = '0.4.1';
+SINGE_version = '0.5.0';
 display(SINGE_version);
 
 fid = fopen(hyperparameter_file);
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index ad11a4e..c009afb 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ENV SINGE_RUNNING_IN_DOCKER 1
 
 # Download an intermediate version of the compiled SINGE executables for testing
 # Download the md5sums of the source .m files and binaries
-RUN md5=1cd2e9d6d18ffcd85bf2330f29265766 && \
+RUN md5=1834d44cb686cdfd9b7ee99398518115 && \
     wget --quiet --no-check-certificate https://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~gitter/tmp/$md5/SINGE_Test && \
     wget --quiet --no-check-certificate https://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~gitter/tmp/$md5/SINGE_GLG_Test && \
     wget --quiet --no-check-certificate https://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~gitter/tmp/$md5/SINGE_Aggregate && \