diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e50bd29f8..72ba120bc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-okular v0.5.82
+okular v0.5.83
diff --git a/aboutdata.h b/aboutdata.h
index d38d3d9ca..4206d7825 100644
--- a/aboutdata.h
+++ b/aboutdata.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ inline KAboutData* okularAboutData( const char* name, const char* iname )
     KAboutData *about = new KAboutData(
         name, //"okular",
         iname, //I18N_NOOP("okular"),
-        "0.5.82",
+        "0.5.83",
         I18N_NOOP("okular, an universal document viewer"),
         KAboutData::License_GPL,
         "(C) 2002 Wilco Greven, Christophe Devriese\n"