diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 21800f616..6e7be142e 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.4.0
+current_version = 1.5.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 88c5fb891..bc80560fa 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.0
+1.5.0