diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 417dd70..4cc0ba9 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+NewsStats 0.5.0 (unreleased)
+
+
 NewsStats 0.4.0 (2025-06-02)
   * Reformat $Conf{TLH} for GroupStats only.
   * Extract TLH check from HostStats to subroutine, fix no-op check.
diff --git a/lib/NewsStats.pm b/lib/NewsStats.pm
index 99bc185..bce70c5 100644
--- a/lib/NewsStats.pm
+++ b/lib/NewsStats.pm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ require Exporter;
                  Output      => [qw(OutputData FormatOutput)],
                  SQLHelper   => [qw(SQLHierarchies SQLSortOrder SQLGroupList
                                  SQLSetBounds SQLBuildClause GetMaxLength)]);
-$VERSION = '0.4.0';
+$VERSION = '0.5.0';
 
 use File::Basename;
 use Cwd qw(realpath);