diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3c4d6735..5361e678 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.19"
+  ".": "0.5.0-beta"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f610b89..1fa70667 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.0-beta](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/compare/v0.4.19...v0.5.0-beta) (2026-07-21)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* experimental Rive runtime backend (iOS + Android) ([#134](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/issues/134))
+
+### Features
+
+* experimental Rive runtime backend (iOS + Android) ([#134](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/issues/134)) ([ae779a3](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/commit/ae779a30668fbaef2ad58f015ab6365a7ff83fe6))
+
 ## [0.4.19](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/compare/v0.4.18...v0.4.19) (2026-07-16)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a718ce9b..dd0babdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-native",
-  "version": "0.4.19",
+  "version": "0.5.0-beta",
   "description": "Rive React Native",
   "main": "./lib/module/index.js",
   "types": "./lib/typescript/src/index.d.ts",