diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9bbc448b..9096a9e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.65)
-AC_INIT([htop],[3.0.0beta4],[hisham@gobolinux.org])
+AC_INIT([htop],[3.0.0beta5],[hisham@gobolinux.org])
 
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}"
 year=$(date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+%Y" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+%Y" 2>/dev/null || date -u "+%Y")