diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 68d19b3877322196c43a39ab52b185b832e6ac50..2a0fcc4c7e8698800a056b48ac93e634f42edc69 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 void f_version(INT32 args)
 {
   pop_n_elems(args);
-  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 48");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 49");
 }