diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 11e7ae3..3103ee9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ every change, see the Git log.
 
 Latest
 ------
+* tbd
+
+5.0.0
+-----
 * Major: Use `uint64_t` for size rather than `uint32_t`.
 
 4.2.0
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 00fed5a..59e1d88 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 APPNAME = 'storage'
-VERSION = '4.2.0'
+VERSION = '5.0.0'
 
 
 def build(bld):