diff --git a/itables/version.py b/itables/version.py
index 3bc7942c..52a6ac33 100644
--- a/itables/version.py
+++ b/itables/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ITables' version number"""
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0rc4"
+__version__ = "2.0.0rc5"