diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b0943ac..83346228 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([Finit], [4.17], [https://github.com/finit-project/finit/issues],
+AC_INIT([Finit], [5.0-dev], [https://github.com/finit-project/finit/issues],
 	[finit], [https://http://finit-project.github.io/])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(aux)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign subdir-objects])