diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 97d151669..9fb18327f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-KPDF v0.5.8
+KPDF v0.5.9
diff --git a/shell/main.cpp b/shell/main.cpp
index c97580c80..404533877 100644
--- a/shell/main.cpp
+++ b/shell/main.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 static const char description[] =
 I18N_NOOP("kpdf, a kde pdf viewer based on xpdf");
 
-static const char version[] = "0.5.8";
+static const char version[] = "0.5.9";
 
 static KCmdLineOptions options[] =
 {