diff --git a/META b/META
index 50851fa7a..fd658908f 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Meta:         1
 Name:         spl
 Branch:       1.0
-Version:      0.4.9
+Version:      0.5.0
 Release:      1
 Release-Tags: relext