diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 788c554f39..6423e6dcf3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.5-45-g9d2f3e717 (2022-08-12 20:28:42)
+5.0 (2022-08-30 22:23:45)
diff --git a/_version.py b/_version.py
index f45df5345f..a7fd423c02 100644
--- a/_version.py
+++ b/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.5"
+__version__ = "5.0"