diff --git a/dist/mac/Info.plist b/dist/mac/Info.plist
index 61e1bbcead42..50f6ccbd4fff 100644
--- a/dist/mac/Info.plist
+++ b/dist/mac/Info.plist
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>4.5.0</string>
+	<string>5.0.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
 	<string>${EXECUTABLE_NAME}</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
diff --git a/dist/unix/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent.appdata.xml b/dist/unix/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent.appdata.xml
index e56ffc716b6a..a24f47a6fb20 100644
--- a/dist/unix/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent.appdata.xml
+++ b/dist/unix/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent.appdata.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@
   <url type="translate">https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/How-to-translate-qBittorrent</url>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
   <releases>
-    <release version="4.5.0" date="2022-01-06"/>
+    <release version="5.0.0~beta1" date="2024-03-19"/>
   </releases>
 </component>
diff --git a/src/base/version.h.in b/src/base/version.h.in
index 56528e963459..9e06e895b537 100644
--- a/src/base/version.h.in
+++ b/src/base/version.h.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define QBT_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define QBT_VERSION_BUGFIX 0
 #define QBT_VERSION_BUILD 0
-#define QBT_VERSION_STATUS "alpha1"  // Should be empty for stable releases!
+#define QBT_VERSION_STATUS "beta1"  // Should be empty for stable releases!
 
 #define QBT__STRINGIFY(x) #x
 #define QBT_STRINGIFY(x) QBT__STRINGIFY(x)