diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index da6e2afa9531fcd2c3f87500d6de04b68b51c26c..c7b6fa90bcb9c12d955e4e2cd14d699218378227 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2020, 4)
+VERSION = (2020, 5)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS