diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
index 4865ead555e..e54908cb8ba 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
@@ -2,23 +2,21 @@
 <package>
   <metadata>
     <id>Grpc.Core</id>
-    <title>gRPC Core</title>
+    <title>gRPC C# Core</title>
     <summary>Core C# implementation of gRPC - an RPC library and framework</summary>
-    <description>Core C# implementation of gRPC - an RPC library and framework. See project site for more info.
-     This is an experimental release, not ready to use.
-    </description>
-    <version>0.2.1</version>
+    <description>Core C# implementation of gRPC - an RPC library and framework. See project site for more info.</description>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
     <authors>Google Inc.</authors>
     <owners>jtattermusch</owners>
     <licenseUrl>https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/LICENSE</licenseUrl>
     <projectUrl>https://github.com/grpc/grpc</projectUrl>
     <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
-    <releaseNotes>The first experimental release. Not ready to use.</releaseNotes>
+    <releaseNotes>Release 0.5.0 of gRPC C#</releaseNotes>
     <copyright>Copyright 2015, Google Inc.</copyright>
     <tags>gRPC RPC Protocol HTTP/2</tags>
 	<dependencies>
 	  <dependency id="Microsoft.Bcl.Immutable" version="1.0.34" />
-	  <dependency id="grpc.native.csharp_ext" version="0.6.0.0" />
+	  <dependency id="grpc.native.csharp_ext" version="0.8.0.0" />
     </dependencies>
   </metadata>
   <files>