diff --git a/lib/rake/version.rb b/lib/rake/version.rb
index 55c6c45c1..9c32ce8fd 100644
--- a/lib/rake/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/version.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Version
       MINOR = 9,
       BUILD = 0,
       BETA  = 'beta',
-      BETANUM = 4,
+      BETANUM = 5,
     ]
   end
   VERSION = Version::NUMBERS.join('.')