diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 96ab3ca..3ee7adb 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   <property name="component.title"         value="Logging Wrapper Library"/>
 
   <!-- The current version number of this component -->
-  <property name="component.version"       value="1.1-RC4"/>
+  <property name="component.version"       value="1.1-RC5"/>
 
   <!-- The base directory for compilation targets -->
   <property name="build.home"              value="${basedir}/target"/>
diff --git a/project.xml b/project.xml
index e545f67..5535dfa 100644
--- a/project.xml
+++ b/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <name>Logging</name>
   <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-  <currentVersion>1.1-RC4</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.1-RC5</currentVersion>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
   <shortDescription>Commons Logging</shortDescription>
   <description>
diff --git a/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF b/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF
index 861eaf8..ebd4b74 100644
--- a/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/src/conf/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Specification-Version: 1.0
 Implementation-Title: Jakarta Commons Logging
 Implementation-Vendor-Id: org.apache
 Implementation-Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
-Implementation-Version: 1.1-RC4
+Implementation-Version: 1.1-RC5