diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4918b25..dd8fde7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.4.1"
+  ".": "1.5.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67de9a9..7ff4f49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.5.0](https://github.com/Project-Colony/Eidos/compare/v1.4.1...v1.5.0) (2026-08-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* portable instances are first-class - registry, CLI paths, GUI reopen ([3ebf75e](https://github.com/Project-Colony/Eidos/commit/3ebf75e592db2137c0ed44f3e6d4e96b2011b184))
+* refuse an instance inside a game's install folder ([9f88404](https://github.com/Project-Colony/Eidos/commit/9f884049be8696d3a0e4db3652decc98f3afbe00))
+
 ## [1.4.1](https://github.com/Project-Colony/Eidos/compare/v1.4.0...v1.4.1) (2026-08-17)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5080abf..3a6e4fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ checksum = "edf234dd1594d6dd434a8fb8cada51ddbbc593e40e4a01556a0b31c62da2775b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-gamefeatures",
  "eidos-games",
@@ -1030,25 +1030,25 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-conflicts"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-core"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-fomod"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "roxmltree 0.21.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-fuse"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-core",
  "fuser",
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-gamedef"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "toml",
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-gamefeatures"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-gamedef",
  "eidos-ini",
@@ -1076,14 +1076,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-games"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-gamedef",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-gui"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-conflicts",
  "eidos-core",
@@ -1102,11 +1102,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-ini"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-install"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-fomod",
  "eidos-gamedef",
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-instance"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-ini",
  "eidos-plugins",
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-launch"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-fuse",
  "libc",
@@ -1133,14 +1133,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-log"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-loot"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-plugins",
  "libloot",
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-nexus"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "eidos-instance",
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eidos-plugins"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eidos-gamedef",
  "encoding_rs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 412147c..978bc5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = ["crates/eidos-core", "crates/eidos-fuse", "crates/eidos-games", "crat
 # About dialog, the `Application-Version` header every Nexus API call carries,
 # and the log header - so a release that left it at 0.0.0 would be telling Nexus
 # something untrue about who is calling.
-version = "1.4.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "1.5.0" # x-release-please-version
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 repository = "https://github.com/Project-Colony/Eidos"
 edition = "2021"