diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 467a7de..ef69ea3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ All notable changes to the PivotPHP Skeleton project will be documented in this
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [3.0.0] - 2026-10-10
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Requires `pivotphp/core: ^5.0`** (was `^4.1.1`), which brings `pivotphp/core-routing` 3.0: each
+  `Application` owns its router (SPEC-076). The template itself needs no code change — it only
+  registers routes through `$app` — but projects that call `Router::get()`/`Router::group()` statically
+  must move to `$app->get()`/`$app->group()` (see the core's `docs/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md`, "4.x → 5.0").
+
 ## [2.0.3] - 2026-10-10
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db7d66d..ca82219 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PivotPHP Skeleton
 
-Project template for [PivotPHP](https://github.com/PivotPHP/pivotphp-core) 4 — an Express.js-style PHP
+Project template for [PivotPHP](https://github.com/PivotPHP/pivotphp-core) 5 — an Express.js-style PHP
 API on PSR-7/PSR-15.
 
 ## Quick start
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fcb97d6..334ae7d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "prefer-stable": true,
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "pivotphp/core": "^4.1.1"
+        "pivotphp/core": "^5.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "nyholm/psr7": "^1.8",