diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a072556ac033494e4bd810b7edcc5bc7ae294957..4151f3d3ed774f13a39e4596bdba7fe395943440 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
-project (OPAL VERSION 2.3.0)
+project (OPAL VERSION 2.5.0)
 set (PROJECT_BUGREPORT opal@lists.psi.ch)
 
 string (REGEX REPLACE "\\.([0-9])\\." ".0\\1." PACKAGE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})