diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ab33870..3a50f0e2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(avrdude, 4.4.0cvs, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.0-BETA, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index fa3314f0..c185fc7e 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv [])
      */
     fprintf(stderr,
             "\n%s: Version %s\n"
-            "%sCopyright (c) 2000-2004 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/\n\n",
+            "%sCopyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/\n\n",
             progname, version, progbuf);
   }