diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d0f86b4116269851c54513e52ef11abe536d0b27..d9e7b6d35085a1fa735824f9df0d506a73093811 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT([dynare-preprocessor], [4.7.0])
+AC_INIT([dynare-preprocessor], [5.0])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/DynareMain.cc])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax])