chore(main): release 5.0.0

Author: googlemaps-bot

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "4.0.0"
+    ".": "5.0.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.0.0](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-ktx/compare/v4.0.0...v5.0.0) (2026-03-02)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* finalize library as 100% compatibility shim ([#306](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-ktx/issues/306))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* finalize library as 100% compatibility shim ([#306](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-ktx/issues/306)) ([8daf5b7](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-ktx/commit/8daf5b7740cafca0ed01d7946beb8d00b36d8d44))
+
 ## [4.0.0](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-ktx/compare/v3.6.0...v4.0.0) (2026-02-26)
 
 

README.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ If you are using the Places SDK through Google Play Services:
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.google.maps.android:places-ktx:4.0.0' // {x-release-please-version}
+    implementation 'com.google.maps.android:places-ktx:5.0.0' // {x-release-please-version}
 }
 ```
 

build.gradle

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ext.projectArtifactId = { project ->
 allprojects {
     group = 'com.google.maps.android'
     // {x-release-please-start-version}
-    version = '4.0.0'
+    version = '5.0.0'
     // {x-release-please-end}
     project.ext.artifactId = rootProject.ext.projectArtifactId(project)