diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1d0ba9ea182b0f7354f3daf12120744ec5e0c2f8..8f0916f768f0487bcf8d33827ce2c8dcecb645c1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.0
+0.5.0