diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index c66785cc9772cfec91f2e9906198d4a7686c9ee4..a63be7670cea7fe4443b2630e80a30195c368d48 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2017, 4)
+VERSION = (2017, 5)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS