diff --git a/lib/leap_web/version.rb b/lib/leap_web/version.rb
index 983e3ad8e11794149b6526163dbf04a134dae931..6915930d5dffd56da4191085dff727aedaf9a0a1 100644
--- a/lib/leap_web/version.rb
+++ b/lib/leap_web/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module LeapWeb
-  VERSION = "0.2.8" unless defined?(LeapWeb::VERSION)
+  VERSION = "0.5.0.rc" unless defined?(LeapWeb::VERSION)
 end