diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3a67fae7..091496ea 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.1-rc0 50001000
+5.1.0-rc0 50100000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index d801408e..168a1afd 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=5
-project.versioning.minor=0
-project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.minor=1
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################