diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4aabb1de5cac..5d3b5d25c68d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -594,25 +594,6 @@ jobs:
           cat config.vars
           VALGRIND=0 uv run eatmydata pytest tests/ -vvv -n ${PYTEST_PAR} ${PYTEST_OPTS}
 
-  check-flake:
-    name: Check Nix Flake
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: "recursive"
-      - name: Check Nix flake inputs
-        uses: DeterminateSystems/flake-checker-action@v8
-      - name: Install Nix
-        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@V27
-        with:
-          nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-24.05
-      - name: Check flake
-        run: nix flake check .?submodules=1#
-
   gather:
     # A dummy task that depends on the full matrix of tests, and
     # signals successful completion. Used for the PR status to pass
@@ -625,19 +606,17 @@ jobs:
       - integration-valgrind
       - integration-sanitizers
       - min-btc-support
-      - check-flake
     if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
       - name: Complete
         env:
-          JOB_NAMES: "INTEGRATION CHECK_UNITS VALGRIND SANITIZERS BTC FLAKE"
+          JOB_NAMES: "INTEGRATION CHECK_UNITS VALGRIND SANITIZERS BTC"
           INTEGRATION: ${{ needs.integration.result }}
           CHECK_UNITS: ${{ needs['check-units'].result }}
           VALGRIND: ${{ needs['integration-valgrind'].result }}
           SANITIZERS: ${{ needs['integration-sanitizers'].result }}
           DOCS: ${{ needs['update-docs-examples'].result }}
           BTC: ${{ needs['min-btc-support'].result }}
-          FLAKE: ${{ needs['check-flake'].result }}
         run: |
           failed=""
           for name in $JOB_NAMES; do
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a785c446b81d..6582b976f554 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cln-grpc"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitcoin 0.31.2",
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cln-plugin"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cln-rpc"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitcoin 0.31.2",
diff --git a/cln-grpc/Cargo.toml b/cln-grpc/Cargo.toml
index 05963ecebccb..b4fdbb874525 100644
--- a/cln-grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cln-grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cln-grpc"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "The Core Lightning API as grpc primitives. Provides the bindings used to expose the API over the network."
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ server = ["cln-rpc"]
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
-cln-rpc = { path = "../cln-rpc/", version = "0.4", optional = true }
+cln-rpc = { path = "../cln-rpc/", version = "0.5", optional = true }
 cfg-if = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tonic = { version = "0.11", features = ["tls", "transport"] }
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ tokio-util = "0.7.10"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0.72"
-cln-rpc = { path = "../cln-rpc/", version = "0.4" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.11"
diff --git a/cln-rpc/Cargo.toml b/cln-rpc/Cargo.toml
index 5d21ceb2402b..c7f3e25e3ce8 100644
--- a/cln-rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cln-rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cln-rpc"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "An async RPC client for Core Lightning."
diff --git a/plugins/Cargo.toml b/plugins/Cargo.toml
index e6c9042d9ec5..58813e6e361d 100644
--- a/plugins/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cln-plugin"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "A CLN plugin library. Write your plugin in Rust."
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ tracing = { version = "^0.1", features = ["async-await", "log"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", ] }
-cln-grpc = { version = "0.4", path = "../cln-grpc" }
+cln-grpc = { version = "0.5", path = "../cln-grpc" }
diff --git a/plugins/bip353-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/bip353-plugin/Cargo.toml
index 32389a9c146c..b1b877feb3ed 100644
--- a/plugins/bip353-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/bip353-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tokio = "1"
 
 log-panics = "2"
 
-cln-plugin = { version = "0.4", path = "../../plugins" }
+cln-plugin = { version = "0.5", path = "../../plugins" }
 
 bitcoin-payment-instructions = { git = "https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/bitcoin-payment-instructions.git", rev = "d071ce27734ca13be2471f81abf8699d902c3a10", features = [
     "http",
diff --git a/plugins/grpc-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/grpc-plugin/Cargo.toml
index c8ef03689a50..35c774c58c5f 100644
--- a/plugins/grpc-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/grpc-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
 rcgen = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["pem", "x509-parser"] }
 prost = "0.12"
-cln-grpc = { version = "0.4", features = ["server"], path = "../../cln-grpc"}
-cln-plugin = { version = "0.4", path = "../../plugins" }
-cln-rpc = { version = "0.4", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
+cln-grpc = { version = "0.5", features = ["server"], path = "../../cln-grpc"}
+cln-plugin = { version = "0.5", path = "../../plugins" }
+cln-rpc = { version = "0.5", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
 serde_json = "1.0.113"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
diff --git a/plugins/lsps-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/lsps-plugin/Cargo.toml
index bbdebe9365d8..13279da12c17 100644
--- a/plugins/lsps-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/lsps-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ path = "src/service.rs"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
-cln-plugin = { version = "0.4", path = "../" }
-cln-rpc = { version = "0.4", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
+cln-plugin = { version = "0.5", path = "../" }
+cln-rpc = { version = "0.5", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
 hex = "0.4"
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.9"
diff --git a/plugins/rest-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/rest-plugin/Cargo.toml
index 7dab8a46badc..32b74a4f0b3d 100644
--- a/plugins/rest-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/rest-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ utoipa = { version = "5", features = ['axum_extras'] }
 log-panics = "2"
 socketioxide = "0.15"
 
-cln-plugin = { version = "0.4", path = "../../plugins" }
-cln-rpc = { version = "0.4", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
+cln-plugin = { version = "0.5", path = "../../plugins" }
+cln-rpc = { version = "0.5", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
 utoipa-swagger-ui = { version = "9.0.0", features = ["vendored", "axum"] }
 
diff --git a/plugins/wss-proxy-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/wss-proxy-plugin/Cargo.toml
index dd73a0be5871..9e8f38fca5da 100644
--- a/plugins/wss-proxy-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/wss-proxy-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ tokio-rustls = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, features = ["ring",
 
 log-panics = "2"
 
-cln-plugin = { version = "0.4", path = "../../plugins" }
-cln-rpc = { version = "0.4", path = "../../cln-rpc" }
+cln-plugin = { version = "0.5", path = "../../plugins" }
+cln-rpc = { version = "0.5", path = "../../cln-rpc" }