diff --git a/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/version.php b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/version.php
index 8e915ef3..0eed9873 100644
--- a/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/version.php
+++ b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/version.php
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
  *
  * This constant needs to be updated on plugin release!
  */
-define( 'SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION', '3.0.0-rc.4' );
+define( 'SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION', '3.0.0-rc.5' );
diff --git a/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/load.php b/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/load.php
index d1bcc6a1..34027e0d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/load.php
+++ b/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/load.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: SQLite Database Integration
  * Description: SQLite database driver drop-in.
  * Author: The WordPress Team
- * Version: 3.0.0-rc.4
+ * Version: 3.0.0-rc.5
  * Requires PHP: 7.2
  * Textdomain: sqlite-database-integration
  *
diff --git a/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/readme.txt b/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/readme.txt
index 39d14c16..eaaf26b6 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/readme.txt
+++ b/packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Contributors:      wordpressdotorg, aristath, janjakes, zieladam, berislav.grgic
 Requires at least: 6.4
 Tested up to:      6.9
 Requires PHP:      7.2
-Stable tag:        3.0.0-rc.4
+Stable tag:        3.0.0-rc.5
 License:           GPLv2 or later
 License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Tags:              performance, database
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ with SQLite syntax and behavior.
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 3.0.0-rc.5 =
+
+* Default SQLite connections to WAL ([#405](https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration/pull/405))
+
 = 3.0.0-rc.4 =
 
 * Normalize BIT column default literals ([#439](https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration/pull/439))