diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 96ec2fb3e..80b803228 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "5.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "5.0.0"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 repository = "https://github.com/cloudflare/boring"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ tag-prefix = ""
 publish = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-boring-sys = { version = "5.0.0-alpha.3", path = "./boring-sys" }
-boring = { version = "5.0.0-alpha.3", path = "./boring" }
-tokio-boring = { version = "5.0.0-alpha.3", path = "./tokio-boring" }
+boring-sys = { version = "5.0.0", path = "./boring-sys" }
+boring = { version = "5.0.0", path = "./boring" }
+tokio-boring = { version = "5.0.0", path = "./tokio-boring" }
 
 bindgen = { version = "0.72.0", default-features = false, features = ["runtime"] }
 bitflags = "2.9"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dde5796ea..9f948242b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/boring.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/boring)
 
-BoringSSL bindings for the Rust programming language and TLS adapters for [tokio](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio)
+[BoringSSL](https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl) is Google's fork of OpenSSL for Chrome/Chromium and Android.
+
+This crate provides safe bindings for the Rust programming language and TLS adapters for [tokio](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio)
 and [hyper](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper) built on top of it.
 
 ## Documentation
@@ -13,14 +15,14 @@ and [hyper](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper) built on top of it.
 
 # Upgrading from `boring` v4
 
- * First update to boring 4.20 and ensure it builds without any deprecation warnings.
+ * First update to boring 4.21 and ensure it builds without any deprecation warnings.
  * `pq-experimental` Cargo feature is no longer needed. Post-quantum crypto is enabled by default.
  * `fips-precompiled` Cargo feature has been merged into `fips`. Set `BORING_BSSL_FIPS_PATH` env var to use a precompiled library.
  * `fips-compat` Cargo feature has been renamed to `legacy-compat-deprecated` (4cb7e260a85b7)
- * `SslCurve` and `SslCurveNid` have been removed. Use `set_curves_list()`.
+ * `SslCurve` and `SslCurveNid` have been removed. Curve names are more stable and portable identifiers. Use `curve_name()` and `set_curves_list()`.
  * `Ssl::new_from_ref` -> `Ssl::new()`.
  * `X509Builder::append_extension2` -> `X509Builder::append_extension`.
- * `X509Store` is now cheaply cloneable, but immutable. `SslContextBuilder.cert_store_mut()` can't be used after `.set_cert_store()`. Use `.set_cert_store_builder()` if you need `.cert_store_mut()`.
+ * `X509Store` is now cheaply cloneable, but immutable. `SslContextBuilder.cert_store_mut()` can't be used after `.set_cert_store()`. If you need `.cert_store_mut()`, either don't overwrite the default store, or use `.set_cert_store_builder()`.
  * `X509StoreBuilder::add_cert` takes a reference.
  * `hyper` 0.x support has been removed. Use `hyper` 1.x.
 
diff --git a/boring-sys/Cargo.toml b/boring-sys/Cargo.toml
index cecc83f51..72845c85e 100644
--- a/boring-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/boring-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ links = "boringssl"
 build = "build/main.rs"
 readme = "README.md"
 categories = ["cryptography", "external-ffi-bindings"]
+keywords = ["tls", "boringssl", "openssl", "fips", "ml-kem"]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
 include = [
diff --git a/boring-sys/README.md b/boring-sys/README.md
deleted file mode 120000
index 32d46ee88..000000000
--- a/boring-sys/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boring-sys/README.md b/boring-sys/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe4d7db20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boring-sys/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Low-level bindings to BoringSSL
+
+[BoringSSL](https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl) is Google's fork of OpenSSL for Chrome/Chromium and Android.
+
+This crate builds the BoringSSL library (or optionally links a pre-built version) and generates FFI bindings for it.
+It supports FIPS-compatible builds of BoringSSL, as well as Post-Quantum crypto and Raw Public Key features.
+
+To use BoringSSL from Rust, prefer the [higher-level safe API](https://docs.rs/boring).
+
+## Contribution
+
+Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally
+submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0
+license, shall be dual licensed under the terms of both the Apache License,
+Version 2.0 and the MIT license without any additional terms or conditions.
diff --git a/boring/Cargo.toml b/boring/Cargo.toml
index 465cbb294..b9605ff13 100644
--- a/boring/Cargo.toml
+++ b/boring/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description = "BoringSSL bindings"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/boring"
 readme = "README.md"
-keywords = ["crypto", "tls", "ssl", "dtls"]
+keywords = ["tls", "ssl", "dtls", "post-quantum", "fips"]
 categories = ["cryptography", "api-bindings"]
 edition = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }