diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 65693183e..49883ac7a 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ Valerio Cosentino <valcos@bitergia.com>
 Jose Javier Merchante <jjmerchante@bitergia.com>
 Chris Burgess <chris.burgess@catalyst.net.nz>
 devpod.cn <support@devpod.cn>
+Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula <venu@chaoss.community>
 
diff --git a/perceval/_version.py b/perceval/_version.py
index e472164b2..325254904 100644
--- a/perceval/_version.py
+++ b/perceval/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-08-09 09:32:11.588131
-__version__ = "1.0.4"
+# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-08-13 09:45:20.274948
+__version__ = "1.0.5-rc.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb75efb0f..997d2cf79 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "perceval"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.0.5-rc.1"
 description = "Send Sir Perceval on a quest to fetch and gather data from software repositories."
 authors = [
     "GrimoireLab Developers"
diff --git a/releases/1.0.5-rc.1.md b/releases/1.0.5-rc.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78738d8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/1.0.5-rc.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## perceval 1.0.5-rc.1 - (2024-08-13)
+
+**Bug fixes:**
+
+ * Fixed missing backend name in usage string (#799)\
+   The `perceval` command-line tool now correctly displays the backend
+   name in the usage string when using the `--help` option.
+
diff --git a/releases/unreleased/fixed-missing-backend-name-in-usage-string.yml b/releases/unreleased/processed/fixed-missing-backend-name-in-usage-string.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from releases/unreleased/fixed-missing-backend-name-in-usage-string.yml
rename to releases/unreleased/processed/fixed-missing-backend-name-in-usage-string.yml