diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4feaf083e0..8a874c96e3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
 
 ### llama.cpp version
 set(LLAMA_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set(LLAMA_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set(LLAMA_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(LLAMA_VERSION_MINOR 5)
+set(LLAMA_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(LLAMA_VERSION_BASE "${LLAMA_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LLAMA_VERSION_MINOR}.${LLAMA_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 # whether this is a development/nightly build