diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 6fd18d4ad..22fbab6bc 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"UNSTABLE Gramps 4.0.0 Alpha4 release.
+"UNSTABLE Gramps 4.0.0 Alpha5 release.
 
 This is a technology preview to allow plugin writers and packagers-installer 
 writers to update their plugins and scripts. This release is not production 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a884a742..0c531861d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     import commands
 from stat import ST_MODE
 
-VERSION = '4.0.0-alpha4'
+VERSION = '4.0.0-alpha5'
 ALL_LINGUAS = ('bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en_GB', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
                'hr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'lt', 'nb', 'nl', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt_BR',
                'pt_PT', 'ru', 'sk', 'sl', 'sq', 'sv', 'uk', 'vi', 'zh_CN')