diff --git a/OpenPNM/__init__.py b/OpenPNM/__init__.py
index ad9c6fa5ca..73e8d7cf14 100644
--- a/OpenPNM/__init__.py
+++ b/OpenPNM/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 if _sp.__version__ < '0.14.0':
     raise Exception('OpenPNM requires SciPy version 0.14.0 or greater')
 
-__version__ = '1.4.6'
+__version__ = '1.5'
 
 from . import Base
 from . import Network