diff --git a/Doxygen b/Doxygen
index 5e4d7c580..662163d08 100644
--- a/Doxygen
+++ b/Doxygen
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "ESPHome"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2023.5.0b4
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2023.5.0b5
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c668b16f3..89974a97e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ESPHOME_PATH = ../esphome
-ESPHOME_REF = 2023.5.0b4
+ESPHOME_REF = 2023.5.0b5
 
 .PHONY: html html-strict cleanhtml deploy help live-html Makefile netlify netlify-api api netlify-dependencies svg2png copy-svg2png minify
 
diff --git a/_static/version b/_static/version
index 7849061a7..eb3fd8db1 100644
--- a/_static/version
+++ b/_static/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2023.5.0b4
\ No newline at end of file
+2023.5.0b5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog/2023.5.0.rst b/changelog/2023.5.0.rst
index f4cee8fa8..cc1c446c3 100644
--- a/changelog/2023.5.0.rst
+++ b/changelog/2023.5.0.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Beta Changes
 - Bump tzlocal from 4.2 to 5.0.1 :esphomepr:`4829` by :ghuser:`dependabot[bot]`
 - Start UART assignment at UART0 if the logger is not enabled or is not configured for hardware logging on ESP32 :esphomepr:`4762` by :ghuser:`spectrumjade`
 - Synchronise Device Classes from Home Assistant :esphomepr:`4825` by :ghuser:`github-actions[bot]`
+- support sending keys to the collector :esphomepr:`4838` by :ghuser:`ssieb`
+- handle Wiegand 8-bit keys :esphomepr:`4837` by :ghuser:`ssieb`
 
 All changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -166,6 +168,8 @@ All changes
 - Bump tzlocal from 4.2 to 5.0.1 :esphomepr:`4829` by :ghuser:`dependabot[bot]`
 - Start UART assignment at UART0 if the logger is not enabled or is not configured for hardware logging on ESP32 :esphomepr:`4762` by :ghuser:`spectrumjade`
 - Synchronise Device Classes from Home Assistant :esphomepr:`4825` by :ghuser:`github-actions[bot]`
+- support sending keys to the collector :esphomepr:`4838` by :ghuser:`ssieb`
+- handle Wiegand 8-bit keys :esphomepr:`4837` by :ghuser:`ssieb`
 
 Past Changelogs
 ---------------
diff --git a/components/key_collector.rst b/components/key_collector.rst
index ff9db7e3d..552522b5b 100644
--- a/components/key_collector.rst
+++ b/components/key_collector.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ Automations:
   if the timeout happens. The current sequence of pressed keys is placed in a ``vector<uint8_t>`` variable ``x``
   and ``start`` holds the start key that activated this sequence or else ``0``.
 
+Lambda:
+-------
+
+- **send_key(uint8_t key)**: Send a key to the collector directly.
 
 See Also
 --------
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 697250072..7eddf41f9 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ author = "ESPHome"
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "2023.5"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "2023.5.0b4"
+release = "2023.5.0b5"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/guides/supporters.rst b/guides/supporters.rst
index d862cf195..a94493792 100644
--- a/guides/supporters.rst
+++ b/guides/supporters.rst
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ Contributors
 - `Davide Depau (@depau) <https://github.com/depau>`__
 - `dependabot[bot] (@dependabot[bot]) <https://github.com/dependabot[bot]>`__
 - `Joeri Colman (@depuits) <https://github.com/depuits>`__
+- `Mike La Spina (@descipher) <https://github.com/descipher>`__
 - `Stephan Martin (@designer2k2) <https://github.com/designer2k2>`__
 - `Destix (@Destix) <https://github.com/Destix>`__
 - `Deun Lee (@deunlee) <https://github.com/deunlee>`__
@@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ Contributors
 - `Micha Nordmann (@Michanord) <https://github.com/Michanord>`__
 - `Michel Munzert (@michelde) <https://github.com/michelde>`__
 - `Pauline Middelink (@middelink) <https://github.com/middelink>`__
+- `Joel Midstjärna (@midstar) <https://github.com/midstar>`__
 - `Mike_Went (@MikeWent) <https://github.com/MikeWent>`__
 - `Mikko Tervala (@MikkoTervala) <https://github.com/MikkoTervala>`__
 - `MiKuBB (@MiKuBB) <https://github.com/MiKuBB>`__
@@ -1154,4 +1156,4 @@ Contributors
 - `Zack Barett (@zsarnett) <https://github.com/zsarnett>`__
 - `Christian Zufferey (@zuzu59) <https://github.com/zuzu59>`__
 
-*This page was last updated May 16, 2023.*
+*This page was last updated May 17, 2023.*