diff --git a/META b/META
index d371a8a557496817e5465009b5a85945bfd665d8..11f575b23db849dd42ffeba8871aa21c66d3f3fe 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	5
   Micro:        0
   Version:	0.5.0
-  Release:	0.pre4
+  Release:	0.pre5
   API_CURRENT:	7	
   API_AGE:	4
   API_REVISION:	0
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 36854d88f25b567623f536cedfa7be23b3a643fe..59e505519e3cf172dc129fe321f1359b3908d498 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Modify slurmctld node hashing function to reduce collisions.
  -- Treat bglblock vanishing as fatal error for job, prolog and epilog 
     exit immediately.
+ -- bug fix for following multiple X-dim partitions
 
 * Changes in SLURM 0.5.0-pre4
 =============================