diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 03b426c..0a065aa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class LxcBuildExtCommand(BuildExtCommand):
 
 
 setup(name='python3-lxc',
-      version='3.0.4',
+      version='5.0.0',
       description='Python3 bindings for LXC',
       long_description='The lxc-python3 package contains LXC bindings for python3',
       license='LGPLv2+',