diff --git a/avalanche/__init__.py b/avalanche/__init__.py
index ffcce0c41..2215a3ec6 100644
--- a/avalanche/__init__.py
+++ b/avalanche/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from avalanche import training
 
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0a"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
 
 _dataset_add = None  # type: ignore