diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a84cbb77b683d6969225c53a85075470d069ce1c..ec479c2247006818c93b6eb74462467d6df14fad 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 98");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 99");
 }