diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7d057c72..1680010b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "liana"
-version = "4.0.0"
+version = "5.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bdk_coin_select",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 21c21949..f6d50c16 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "liana"
-version = "4.0.0"
+version = "5.0.0"
 authors = ["Antoine Poinsot <darosior@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 repository = "https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana"
diff --git a/contrib/release/release.sh b/contrib/release/release.sh
index ce2f4689..db91a6ca 100755
--- a/contrib/release/release.sh
+++ b/contrib/release/release.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-VERSION="${VERSION:-"2.0"}"
+VERSION="${VERSION:-"5.0"}"
 LIANA_PREFIX="liana-$VERSION"
 LINUX_DIR_NAME="$LIANA_PREFIX-x86_64-linux-gnu"
 LINUX_ARCHIVE="$LINUX_DIR_NAME.tar.gz"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 19f02a63..3443b0c0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Version {
 }
 
 pub const VERSION: Version = Version {
-    major: 4,
+    major: 5,
     minor: 0,
     patch: 0,
 };
diff --git a/tests/test_rpc.py b/tests/test_rpc.py
index e02e0c50..b1ae8815 100644
--- a/tests/test_rpc.py
+++ b/tests/test_rpc.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from test_framework.utils import (
 def test_getinfo(lianad):
     res = lianad.rpc.getinfo()
     assert "timestamp" in res.keys()
-    assert res["version"] == "4.0.0-dev"
+    assert res["version"] == "5.0.0-dev"
     assert res["network"] == "regtest"
     wait_for(lambda: lianad.rpc.getinfo()["block_height"] == 101)
     res = lianad.rpc.getinfo()