diff --git a/META b/META
index a8ab549c0ab19b9355ba3aeb680f7619a8be9aab..0f9fb07877bcc2c93d7f9c48815b8866a729faf4 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   Meta:		1
   Name:		slurm
   Major:	0
-  Minor:	4
-  Micro:        6
-  Version:	0.4.6
+  Minor:	5
+  Micro:        0-pre1
+  Version:	0.5.0-pre1
   Release:	1
   API_CURRENT:	6	
   API_AGE:	4