diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4244ff..3bcaaf5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,40 @@ All notable changes to Library Desk will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.5.0] - 2025-12-26
+
+### Added
+
+- **Central Settings Database** - Tatlock-wide configuration via PostgreSQL
+  - `SettingsClient` for async access to `system_settings` database
+  - User-scoped settings with global fallback
+  - API config storage with `enabled` toggle and per-source category filters
+  - JSON Schema support for future UI rendering
+
+- **External API Providers** - Modular `src/apis/` package with swappable implementations
+  - `OpenMeteoProvider` - Weather with geocoding (free, no API key)
+  - `NOSProvider` - Dutch news RSS (16 categories including sports)
+  - `BBCProvider` - English news RSS (21 categories including sports)
+  - `AggregatedNewsProvider` - Merges sources chronologically with category filtering
+  - `AlphaVantageProvider` - Stock/crypto quotes (API key from settings DB)
+  - Abstract base classes for provider interoperability
+
+- **Provider Dependency Injection**
+  - `WeatherProviderDep`, `NewsProviderDep`, `AlphaVantageProviderDep` type aliases
+  - Async initialization with settings database integration
+  - Lifecycle management in `shutdown_clients()`
+
+- **Development Dependencies** - `requirements-dev.txt`
+  - `pip-audit` for security vulnerability scanning
+  - `ruff` for code quality
+  - Testing packages moved from main requirements
+
+### Changed
+
+- News sources configurable via `news.sources` setting
+- Per-source category filtering via `api.{source}.categories`
+- Categories default to all if not specified
+
 ## [1.4.8] - 2025-12-25
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2744a6e..454995c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "library-desk"
-version = "1.4.9"
+version = "1.5.0"
 description = "Coordination service for The Library system - HybridRAG queries, document ingestion, entity extraction, and knowledge consolidation"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"