diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a8b3c24010ea223e19d70d8ee66c635f02d65e7f..55269406f992c03bbb5ef53b7b18c84b7c390beb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 *********
 
+Version 0.5
+-----------
+
+
 Version 0.4
 -----------
 This version works with RocksDB v3.12.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c95a1d5c58eeba4bbd4ee47a321c362ad1355470..26adc17f752af967baab58b1eec0df2efe1673ea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mod1 = Extension(
 
 setup(
     name="pyrocksdb",
-    version='0.4',
+    version='0.5',
     description="Python bindings for RocksDB",
     keywords='rocksdb',
     author='Stephan Hofmockel',