diff --git a/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb b/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
index d78b64756aea8ebfb79cece63c8bc2d6dda226ae..b4f74686f66a0b9bc3a094846c8faa9a88ae14d7 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Jekyll
   class Scholar
-    VERSION = '4.5.0'.freeze
+    VERSION = '5.0.0.pre.1'.freeze
   end
 end