diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a55c013..12f4cd3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+5.0.1 (2025-12-02)
+------------------
+
+* Updated `maxmind-db` dependency to 4.0.1. This makes `DecodedValue` public
+  again, allowing custom `NodeCache` implementations to be created. GitHub
+  #636.
+
 5.0.0 (2025-11-20)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3aba8a69..51be05ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To do this, add the dependency to your pom.xml:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.maxmind.geoip2</groupId>
         <artifactId>geoip2</artifactId>
-        <version>5.0.0</version>
+        <version>5.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 dependencies {
-    compile 'com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2:5.0.0'
+    compile 'com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2:5.0.1'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f392c7f..d0280b49 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.maxmind.geoip2</groupId>
     <artifactId>geoip2</artifactId>
-    <version>5.0.0</version>
+    <version>5.0.1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>MaxMind GeoIP2 API</name>
     <description>GeoIP2 webservice client and database reader</description>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.maxmind.db</groupId>
             <artifactId>maxmind-db</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>4.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>