diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ebdefdb43..3548ab173 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.0.0-alpha.4
+current_version = 2.0.0-alpha.5
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/ocean_lib/__init__.py b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
index 281f2b5e7..d975f98fb 100644
--- a/ocean_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/ocean_lib/__init__.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 __author__ = """OceanProtocol"""
 # fmt: off
-__version__ = '2.0.0-alpha.4'
+__version__ = '2.0.0-alpha.5'
 # fmt: on
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2f17ce4b..f5692b929 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean.py",
     # fmt: off
     # bumpversion.sh needs single-quotes
-    version='2.0.0-alpha.4',
+    version='2.0.0-alpha.5',
     # fmt: on
     zip_safe=False,
 )