diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
index 7026fad88f..aeee856516 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef OPENCV_VERSION_HPP
 #define OPENCV_VERSION_HPP
 
-#define CV_VERSION_MAJOR    4
-#define CV_VERSION_MINOR    5
+#define CV_VERSION_MAJOR    5
+#define CV_VERSION_MINOR    0
 #define CV_VERSION_REVISION 0
 #define CV_VERSION_STATUS   "-pre"