diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9a8c83d141d0d96665761608b9cd815977957c6d..bc0dc289216d8431fdd2772fedaf806423972c83 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 0
 PATCHLEVEL = 9
 VERSION_TWEAK = 4
-EXTRAVERSION = rc4
+EXTRAVERSION = rc5