diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff9495b27118ce2e805ca577ed65577868592a41..80e5b0277d4ab7f4cd5c4407fbdc5714c321959b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ opt(WRAP_PYTHON "Enable generation of Python wrappers" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 4)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 5)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")