diff --git a/macros.cmake b/macros.cmake
index 3b363e30d..67fc3b0dc 100644
--- a/macros.cmake
+++ b/macros.cmake
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ macro(set_maxscale_version)
   #MaxScale version number
   set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
   set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR "0")
-  set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "4") 
+  set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "5") 
   set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_NUMERIC "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}")
-  set(MAXSCALE_VERSION "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}-stable")
+  set(MAXSCALE_VERSION "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}-unstable")
 
 endmacro()