diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f280fda..79fbf613 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Let's dissect that command:
         -p 1880:1880            - connect local port 1880 to the exposed internal port 1880
         -v node_red_data:/data  - mount the host node_red_data directory to the container /data directory so any changes made to flows are persisted
         --name mynodered        - give this machine a friendly local name
-        nodered/node-red        - the image to base it on - currently Node-RED v5.0.0-beta.4
+        nodered/node-red        - the image to base it on - currently Node-RED v5.0.0-beta.5
 
 
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Running that command should give a terminal window with a running instance of No
         Welcome to Node-RED
         ===================
 
-        10 Oct 12:57:10 - [info] Node-RED version: v5.0.0-beta.4
+        10 Oct 12:57:10 - [info] Node-RED version: v5.0.0-beta.5
         10 Oct 12:57:10 - [info] Node.js  version: v24.11.1
         10 Oct 12:57:10 - [info] Linux 6.17.5-200.fc42.x86_64 x64 LE
         10 Oct 12:57:11 - [info] Loading palette nodes
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ The following table shows the variety of provided Node-RED images.
 
 | **Tag**                    |**Node**| **Arch** | **Python** |**Dev**| **Base Image**             |
 |----------------------------|--------|----------|------------|-------|----------------------------|
-| 5.0.0-beta.4-24                   |   24   | amd64    |    3.x     |  yes  | amd64/node:24-alpine       |
+| 5.0.0-beta.5-24                   |   24   | amd64    |    3.x     |  yes  | amd64/node:24-alpine       |
 |                            |   24   | arm64v8  |    3.x     |  yes  | arm64v8/node:24-alpine     |
 |                            |        |          |            |       |                            |
-| 5.0.0-beta.4-24-minimal           |   24   | amd64    |     no     |  no   | amd64/node:24-alpine       |
+| 5.0.0-beta.5-24-minimal           |   24   | amd64    |     no     |  no   | amd64/node:24-alpine       |
 |                            |   24   | arm64v8  |     no     |  no   | arm64v8/node:24-alpine     |
 
 - All images have bash, tzdata, nano, curl, git, openssl and openssh-client pre-installed to support Node-RED's Projects feature.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ The following table shows the provided Manifest Lists.
 
 | **Tag**                                | **Node-RED Base Image**                    |
 |----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
-| latest-24-minimal, 5.0.0-beta.4-24-minimal    | nodered/node-red:5.0.0-beta.4-24-minimal          
+| latest-24-minimal, 5.0.0-beta.5-24-minimal    | nodered/node-red:5.0.0-beta.5-24-minimal          
 
 
 With the support of Docker manifest list, there is no need to explicitly add the tag for the architecture to use.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ When a docker run command or docker service command or docker stack command is e
 
 Therefore all tags regarding Raspberry PI's are dropped.
 
-For example: suppose you are running on a Raspberry PI 3B, which has `arm32v7` as architecture. Then just run the following command to pull the image (tagged by `5.0.0-beta.4-24`), and run the container.
+For example: suppose you are running on a Raspberry PI 3B, which has `arm32v7` as architecture. Then just run the following command to pull the image (tagged by `5.0.0-beta.5-24`), and run the container.
 
 
 ```
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Docker build process, the dependencies are installed under `/usr/src/node-red`.
 The main sections to modify are
 
     "dependencies": {
-        "node-red": "^5.0.0-beta.4",           <-- set the version of Node-RED here
+        "node-red": "^5.0.0-beta.5",           <-- set the version of Node-RED here
         "node-red-dashboard": "*"        <-- add any extra npm packages here
     },
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb4e6102..0d61eeb4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "node-red-docker",
-    "version": "5.0.0-beta.4",
+    "version": "5.0.0-beta.5",
     "description": "Low-code programming for event-driven applications",
     "homepage": "http://nodered.org",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "dependencies": {
-        "node-red": "5.0.0-beta.4"
+        "node-red": "5.0.0-beta.5"
     },
     "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"