diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aea6a001c..44892bea8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include(KDECompilerSettings)
 include(ECMPackageConfigHelpers)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 
-set(KF5_VERSION "4.98.0") # handled by release scripts
+set(KF5_VERSION "4.99.0") # handled by release scripts
 set(KF5_DEP_VERSION "4.98.0") # handled by release scripts
 
 ecm_setup_version(${KF5_VERSION}