diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a51c73c..33a8874 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Changelog
 in progress
 ===========
 
+2024-03-13 0.5
+==============
+- Upgrade to use Flink 1.18
+
 2023-04-27 0.4
 ==============
 - Upgrade to use Flink 1.17
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2ec1789..b440861 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ Details
 
 Most of the Flink jobs demonstrated here connect to CrateDB using the `Flink
 JDBC Connector`_, using both the vanilla `PostgreSQL JDBC driver`_, and
-the CrateDB adapter/dialect, which is currently available as a patch at `Flink
-JDBC Connector » CrateDB support`_.
+the CrateDB adapter/dialect.
 
 The first two jobs, both defined in ``io.crate.flink.demo``, can be launched
 as standalone Java applications, without the need to submit them to a Flink
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ Optional settings
 .. _Flink » Examples » DataStream: https://github.com/apache/flink/tree/master/flink-examples/flink-examples-streaming/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/examples
 .. _Flink » Examples » Table: https://github.com/apache/flink/tree/master/flink-examples/flink-examples-table/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/examples/java
 .. _Flink JDBC Connector: https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-stable/docs/connectors/table/jdbc/
-.. _Flink JDBC Connector » CrateDB support: https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-jdbc/pull/29
 .. _Flink Table API: https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-stable/docs/dev/table/overview/
 .. _Live demo of Apache Flink with CrateDB as source or sink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4UxMdrR5os&t=3141s
 .. _NYC Yellow Taxi Trips: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/2017-Yellow-Taxi-Trip-Data/biws-g3hs/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6f57ea6..eff32a4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repositories {
 
 group = 'io.crate'
 archivesBaseName = 'cratedb-flink-jobs'
-version = 0.4
+version = 0.5
 
 tasks.register("printProjectVersion") {
     println "ProjectVersion: " + project.version