diff --git a/sift.iss b/sift.iss
index 2bfb02d513403287b14783107a88e9e678b7f14e..afa4ef7eb3fce70ff9e0a9192a3ac83d89aaa432 100755
--- a/sift.iss
+++ b/sift.iss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [Setup]
 AppName=SIFT
-AppVersion=1.0.0b4
+AppVersion=1.0.0b5
 DefaultDirName={pf}\SIFT
 DefaultGroupName=SIFT
 Compression=lzma2
diff --git a/sift/version.py b/sift/version.py
index f96eeb64266a20567b94e240ab16b2440df65288..0f09b05d7f2411f3286210f1eba9c4d6658e8177 100644
--- a/sift/version.py
+++ b/sift/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0b4"
+__version__ = "1.0.0b5"