diff --git a/doc/source/new.rst b/doc/source/new.rst
index fd277da..aec8cbe 100644
--- a/doc/source/new.rst
+++ b/doc/source/new.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ What's New
 Releases
 -------------
 
+v1.0.5
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Release 1.0.5
+- Reduced the CI test file sizes by half.  
+
+
 v1.0.4
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/src/wrf/version.py b/src/wrf/version.py
index dc6ddfd..c55bfe3 100644
--- a/src/wrf/version.py
+++ b/src/wrf/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.4"
+__version__ = "1.0.5"