diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8d622376..74797c65 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([snapraid], [4.1], [], [], [http://snapraid.sourceforge.net])
+AC_INIT([snapraid], [5.0], [], [], [http://snapraid.sourceforge.net])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign no-dependencies -Wall])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([snapraid.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])