3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e6a97e0..66dacfc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ INSTALLINFO = /usr/bin/install-info --info-dir=$(INFODIR)
 CHANGELOG_CMD = git log --pretty=medium --no-merges
 
 # The currently released version of EMMS
-VERSION=4.4
+VERSION=5.0
 
 .PHONY: all install lisp docs deb-install clean
 .PRECIOUS: %.elc
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eadf242..1862f0f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+News since version 5.0
+
+
+
 News since version 4.4
 
   - Add Org-style "TAB" binding to cycle through the different levels of expansions.
diff --git a/lisp/emms.el b/lisp/emms.el
index b101054..062b6eb 100644
--- a/lisp/emms.el
+++ b/lisp/emms.el
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
-(defvar emms-version "4.4"
+(defvar emms-version "5.0"
   "EMMS version string.")