diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e7f6d1c09..278c5f2b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 100)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 4)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 5)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})