diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75034b3d..5fb78034 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ option(USE_EXTERNAL_CATCH2 "If off, build the catch2 unittest framework locally"
 
 # project version
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR 0 )
-SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 4 )
-SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 2 )
+SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR 5 )
+SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 
 SET( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION  "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH}" )