diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d87b0f385f75dcaa65b50368ce1f351bb8affb57..19de435832a75ccc814efa24d5d38dc09d6e5dbd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 include(CTest)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.12)
+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 74e5c76b8f442103609f3591e4ccb9c5f672b8d0..3d2ebde3410dcab2dfd1a3b5f0b52636dff1866a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
-m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 4)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 12)
+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])