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 We do not include break-fix version release in this file.
 
+### v5.0.0
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+#### Breaking Changes
+- `require('pg').native` now returns null if the native bindings cannot be found; previously, this threw an exception.
+
+#### New Features
+- better error message when passing `undefined` as a query parameter
+- support for `defaults.connectionString`
+- support for `returnToHead` being passed to [generic pool](https://github.com/coopernurse/node-pool)
+
 ### v4.5.0
 - Add option to parse JS date objects in query parameters as [UTC](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/pull/943)