diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index a5d4f8f0..baded3e5 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+2023-10-04 Daniël van Eeden, DBI/DBD community (5.001)
 * Only support MySQL 8.x as MySQL 5.7 is going EOL soon
 * Remove use of MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT
 * Remove option to disable SSL/TLS at compile time
diff --git a/lib/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm b/lib/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm
index 30306329..55bbaa00 100644
--- a/lib/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm
+++ b/lib/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Bundle::DBD::mysql;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = '4.050';
+our $VERSION = '5.001';
 
 1;
 
diff --git a/lib/DBD/mysql.pm b/lib/DBD/mysql.pm
index a8dfe7dd..a0c90de1 100644
--- a/lib/DBD/mysql.pm
+++ b/lib/DBD/mysql.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ our @ISA = qw(DynaLoader);
 # SQL_DRIVER_VER is formatted as dd.dd.dddd
 # for version 5.x please switch to 5.00(_00) version numbering
 # keep $VERSION in Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm in sync
-our $VERSION = '4.050';
+our $VERSION = '5.001';
 
 bootstrap DBD::mysql $VERSION;