diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8ad3cc44..33f1c093 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([netgen],[4.9.14-dev],[],[])
+AC_INIT([netgen],[5.0-dev],[],[])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])