diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63f67232b79bfc9f0753a54b6eacd00be2cf2c12..c50270da0f7a63452e26c1e7c117a9e08238ade0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set ( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${walberla_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake )
 
 include ( waLBerlaFunctions )
 
-set_version( 4 1 )
+set_version( 5 0 )
 
 include( CMakeParseArguments )