diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index ff0caacbfae..3ca9d6b3ef2 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 project.name = eXist-db
-project.version = 5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+project.version = 5.0.0-RC5
 
 # db settings
 config.dataDir = webapp/WEB-INF/data