diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc35950..51ed21f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.5.0
+
+- added cookie handling
+- cookies are persisted via web storage API
+
 ## v1.4.0
 
 - forked from "cordova-plugin-http" v1.2.0 (see https://github.com/wymsee/cordova-HTTP)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a5a563..c9a416d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-advanced-http",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "description": "Cordova / Phonegap plugin for communicating with HTTP servers using SSL pinning",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "cp node_modules/umd-tough-cookie/lib/umd-tough-cookie.js www/umd-tough-cookie.js"
+    "build": "cp node_modules/umd-tough-cookie/lib/umd-tough-cookie.js www/umd-tough-cookie.js",
+    "prepublish": "npm run build"
   },
   "cordova": {
     "id": "cordova-plugin-advanced-http",
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
   "engines": [
     {
       "name": "cordova",
-      "version": ">=3.0.0"
+      "version": ">=4.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "author": "Wymsee",
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index d9e0d89..e54fca5 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <plugin xmlns="http://www.phonegap.com/ns/plugins/1.0"
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   id="cordova-plugin-advanced-http"
-  version="1.4.0">
+  version="1.5.0">
 
     <name>Advanced HTTP plugin</name>
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	 </description>
 
     <engines>
-        <engine name="cordova" version=">=3.5.0" />
+        <engine name="cordova" version=">=4.0.0" />
     </engines>
 
     <dependency id="cordova-plugin-file" version=">=2.0.0" />