diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go
index 06a88725a6649535813d1d74dc893d1a61515d9d..f7f1fb271fbf998f863104d06dcda9864247a1bd 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ package common
 var gitCommit = ""
 
 // versionCore is the version of VPA.
-const versionCore = "1.4.0"
+const versionCore = "1.5.0"
 
 // VerticalPodAutoscalerVersion returns the version of the VPA.
 func VerticalPodAutoscalerVersion() string {