diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d909a103106d779f8e1d9c1c0d060ac9dffdf12..2f73c47591481b0649557b24bb40ee8c06385a1d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
 project (opendht)
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.1)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 5.0)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf1140d11329fc2228c866831655984a24d909e3..819f20a944baa1fee6c90ac7adc6c49d69f5dbdf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 1)
-m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 4)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 1)
+m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 5)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])