diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 996263b9..d4303835 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this page.
 The format is based on `Keep a Changelog`_, and this project adheres to
 `Semantic Versioning`_.
 
-Unreleased
-==========
+v0.5.0 (February 2024)
+======================
+Better handling of nodata and a switch from ini to yaml for configuration.
 
 Added
 -----
@@ -28,9 +29,12 @@ Fixed
 
 Deprecated
 ----------
+- **read_staticmaps_pcr** in favour of same method in **pcrm** submodule
+- **write_staticmaps_pcr** in favour of same method in **pcrm** submodule
 
 Documentation
 -------------
+- Extra information for most of the setup methods of **WflowModel** and **WWflowSedimentModel**
 
 v0.4.1 (November 2023)
 ======================
diff --git a/hydromt_wflow/__init__.py b/hydromt_wflow/__init__.py
index dc84e8e0..f287a45a 100644
--- a/hydromt_wflow/__init__.py
+++ b/hydromt_wflow/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
 
-__version__ = "0.4.2.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
 
 try:
     import pcraster as pcr
diff --git a/hydromt_wflow/wflow.py b/hydromt_wflow/wflow.py
index 2447ff30..1c0430ea 100644
--- a/hydromt_wflow/wflow.py
+++ b/hydromt_wflow/wflow.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 from shapely.geometry import box
 
 from . import DATADIR, utils, workflows
-from .pcrm import read_staticmaps_pcr as read_pcr_func
-from .pcrm import write_staticmaps_pcr as write_pcr_func
 
 __all__ = ["WflowModel"]
 
@@ -2757,36 +2755,6 @@ def write_staticmaps(self):
         )
         self.write_grid()
 
-    def read_staticmaps_pcr(self, crs=4326, **kwargs):
-        """Read PCRaster maps in <root/staticmaps> and add to grid."""
-        self.logger.warning(
-            "read_staticmaps_pcr as a method of this object is deprecated. "
-            "Use 'read_staticmaps_pcr' from the 'pcrm' submodule instead. "
-            "Will be removed in hydromt_wflow v0.5.0"
-        )
-        if self._read and "chunks" not in kwargs:
-            kwargs.update(chunks={"y": -1, "x": -1})
-        read_pcr_func(
-            self.root,
-            crs=crs,
-            obj=self,
-            **kwargs,
-        )
-
-    def write_staticmaps_pcr(self):
-        """Write staticmaps at <root/staticmaps> in PCRaster maps format."""
-        self.logger.warning(
-            "write_staticmaps_pcr as a method of this object is deprecated. "
-            "Use 'write_staticmaps_pcr' for the 'pcrm' submodule instead. "
-            "Will be removed in hydromt_wflow v0.5.0"
-        )
-        if not self._write:
-            raise IOError("Model opened in read-only mode")
-        write_pcr_func(
-            self.staticmaps,
-            self.root,
-        )
-
     def read_geoms(
         self,
         geom_fn: str = "staticgeoms",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64199263..0066f713 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ authors = [
 dependencies = [
     "dask",
     "geopandas>=0.10",
-    "hydromt>=0.9.1",
+    "hydromt>=0.9.3,<0.10",
     "netcdf4",
     "numpy",
     "pandas",
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ doc = [
 examples = [
     "jupyterlab",
     "cartopy",
-    "nbconvert==7.13.1", # Pin as of (02-2024); 7.14 onwards causes issues with the progressbar in example notebooks
+    "nbconvert==7.13.1", # Pin as of (02-2024); 7.14 onwards causes issues with the progressbar in example notebooks. See issue #233 for more info (https://github.com/Deltares/hydromt_wflow/issues/233).
     "notebook",
 ]