diff --git a/test/apiv2/01-basic.at b/test/apiv2/01-basic.at
index ddb2e6e44b..f06021efec 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/01-basic.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/01-basic.at
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ t HEAD libpod/_ping 200
 for i in /version version; do
     t GET  $i      200                               \
       .Components[0].Name="Podman Engine"            \
-      .Components[0].Details.APIVersion~4[0-9.-]\\+  \
+      .Components[0].Details.APIVersion~5[0-9.-]\\+  \
       .Components[0].Details.MinAPIVersion=4.0.0     \
       .Components[0].Details.Os=linux                \
       .ApiVersion=1.41                               \
diff --git a/version/rawversion/version.go b/version/rawversion/version.go
index 23ac83d2be..493b993356 100644
--- a/version/rawversion/version.go
+++ b/version/rawversion/version.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ package rawversion
 //
 // NOTE: remember to bump the version at the top of the top-level README.md
 // file when this is bumped.
-const RawVersion = "4.8.0-dev"
+const RawVersion = "5.0.0-dev"