diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 326a71ebc2..82ceafd38b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.40.24")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r4")
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r5")
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 073d014f31..4ff70f63e6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Changelog
 .. contents::
    :depth: 2
 
-DFHack future
-=============
+DFHack 0.40.24-r5
+=================
 
 New Features
 ------------