diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ad3d28..d317e46 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
 include(ECMMarkNonGuiExecutable)
 
-set(KF5_VERSION "4.100.0") # handled by release scripts
+set(KF5_VERSION "5.0.0") # handled by release scripts
 
 ecm_setup_version(${KF5_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KCONFIG
                         VERSION_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kconfig_version.h"