diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b94b92f0a4a1d9187fe43200796485d6033d731a..8121b4c51a69f4efaedeab98e466744b29b174ad 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <property name="solr_version" value="7.3.1" />
   <property name="phpdoc_version" value="2.9.0" />
 
-  <property name="version" value="4.1.3" />
+  <property name="version" value="5.0" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index c365810e3d8031be9ea94cc4404bc8a540e3208d..545eb9d9b09f109b37baf46f77527582ef33b7e9 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ allowSavedSearches = true
 ; features (such as display of hierarchies).
 nonJavascriptSupportEnabled = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 4.1.3"
+generator = "VuFind 5.0"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38149fec458ca6fccdedc9c72bee6a5eb90f0653..af3579291627d57cfd5dd5c1e1c69cfaece18600 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vufind",
-  "version": "4.1.3",
+  "version": "5.0.0",
   "description": "Dev tools to handle css preprocessing, js magic, and compression",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index a3c8ec22eae76ade764e19051ae3e36ae13c0d75..fc8fdda4db931c9bc9e8e16934f5f3f3a53a38c4 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 5.0 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 5.0 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 16 Jul 2018 11:15:42 UTC
+
 vufind 4.1.3 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 4.1.3 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details)
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index d32d1141593d29be6bdaa0c4b0643025c2c2afe0..0f035e7038fc36a0334243fb07d3c6c5badaf554 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind
-Version: 4.1.3
+Version: 5.0
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all