diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f73ebf1c37ac2f33deff4c5f2d729c3489e44cfd..0062ac971805f7b700058db4bb0f5c5b771dda76 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.0.rc1
+5.0.0