diff --git a/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.h b/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.h
index 51f0b4888d2..400a0e2083a 100644
--- a/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.h
+++ b/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /*! \brief libopenmpt patch version number */
 #define OPENMPT_API_VERSION_PATCH 0
 /*! \brief libopenmpt pre-release tag */
-#define OPENMPT_API_VERSION_PREREL "-pre.4"
+#define OPENMPT_API_VERSION_PREREL "-pre.5"
 /*! \brief libopenmpt pre-release flag */
 #define OPENMPT_API_VERSION_IS_PREREL 1
 
diff --git a/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.mk b/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.mk
index 9d93a1493bb..cf8acf1cc98 100644
--- a/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.mk
+++ b/libopenmpt/libopenmpt_version.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 LIBOPENMPT_VERSION_MAJOR=0
 LIBOPENMPT_VERSION_MINOR=8
 LIBOPENMPT_VERSION_PATCH=0
-LIBOPENMPT_VERSION_PREREL=-pre.4
+LIBOPENMPT_VERSION_PREREL=-pre.5
 
 LIBOPENMPT_LTVER_CURRENT=5
 LIBOPENMPT_LTVER_REVISION=0