diff --git a/core/version.go b/core/version.go
index 3b11d263b..9193ea550 100644
--- a/core/version.go
+++ b/core/version.go
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package core
 import "fmt"
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1  // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 0  // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 4  // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1       // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 0       // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 5       // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "alpha" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.