diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4c313f9..dd8fde7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.4.0"
+  ".": "1.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92fc46a..dc64264 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.5.0](https://github.com/jeremymcs/patchdeck/compare/v1.4.0...v1.5.0) (2026-08-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* reclaim stranded worktrees and stop repeating issue status comments ([#180](https://github.com/jeremymcs/patchdeck/issues/180)) ([2b75dd1](https://github.com/jeremymcs/patchdeck/commit/2b75dd15ea8443c0b36570112672fc055ccdd866))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 1.5.0 ([284c9b9](https://github.com/jeremymcs/patchdeck/commit/284c9b98379508ccd786a9a418ae62b6150bc457))
+
 ## [1.4.0](https://github.com/jeremymcs/patchdeck/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0) (2026-08-20)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 52ff1da..5010e78 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@jeremymcs/patchdeck",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@jeremymcs/patchdeck",
-      "version": "1.4.0",
+      "version": "1.5.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@hookform/resolvers": "^5.2.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9b10c9..b1bdf06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jeremymcs/patchdeck",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "description": "Autonomous GitHub PR and issue workbench that watches repos, triages review feedback, and dispatches agents to fix code locally",
   "keywords": [
     "github",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index c7bda22..5d06565 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "patchdeck"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 description = "Autonomous GitHub PR babysitter desktop app"
 authors = ["KimY"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 33a0a82..cd764c1 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicedoc/schemas/main/tauri-v2/tauri.conf.schema.json",
   "productName": "PatchDeck",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "identifier": "com.fluxlabs.patchdeck",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",