diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45c4009280..01915d7fe7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ endif()
 set(KWIN_NAME "kwin")
 set(KWIN_INTERNAL_NAME_X11 "kwin_x11")
 set(KWIN_INTERNAL_NAME_WAYLAND "kwin_wayland")
-set(KWIN_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
-set(KWIN_VERSION_MINOR 98)
+set(KWIN_VERSION_MAJOR 5)
+set(KWIN_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(KWIN_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(KWIN_VERSION ${KWIN_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KWIN_VERSION_MINOR}.${KWIN_VERSION_PATCH} )
 set(KWIN_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})