diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d383bb5..fd9394a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.5.0] - 2023-02-09
+
+## Changed
+- Update sensu-plugin-sdk, use new option types
+- Use github.com/sensu/core instead of github.com/sensu/sensu-go/api/core
+- Propagate hostname verification skipping option to Sensu HTTP client
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2022-12-02
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8edcc0b..4559d91 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ var (
 			Path:     "insecure-skip-tls-verify",
 			Env:      "PUPPET_INSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY",
 			Argument: "insecure-skip-tls-verify",
-			Usage:    "skip SSL verification",
+			Usage:    "skip TLS verification for Puppet and sensu-backend",
 			Value:    &handler.puppetInsecureSkipVerify,
 		},
 		&sensu.PluginConfigOption[string]{
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ func deregisterEntity(event *corev2.Event) error {
 		config.CACert = cert
 
 	}
+	if handler.puppetInsecureSkipVerify {
+		config.InsecureSkipVerify = true
+	}
 	client := httpclient.NewCoreClient(config)
 	request, err := httpclient.NewResourceRequest("core/v2", "Entity", event.Entity.Namespace, event.Entity.Name)
 	if err != nil {