diff --git a/.github/workflows/eb_command.yml b/.github/workflows/eb_command.yml
index 3aaa3a9f70..83f79d98f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eb_command.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eb_command.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           pymajver=$(python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0])')
           pymajminver=$(python -c 'import sys; print(".".join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:2]))')
           # check patterns in verbose output
-          for pattern in "^>> Considering .python3.\.\.\." "^>> .python3. version: ${pymajminver}\.[0-9]\+, which matches Python ${pymajver} version requirement" "^>> 'python3' is able to import 'easybuild.framework', so retaining it" "^>> Selected Python command: python3 \(.*/bin/python3\)" "^This is EasyBuild 4\.[0-9.]\+"; do
+          for pattern in "^>> Considering .python3.\.\.\." "^>> .python3. version: ${pymajminver}\.[0-9]\+, which matches Python ${pymajver} version requirement" "^>> 'python3' is able to import 'easybuild.framework', so retaining it" "^>> Selected Python command: python3 \(.*/bin/python3\)" "^This is EasyBuild 5\.[0-9.]\+"; do
               echo "Looking for pattern \"${pattern}\" in eb_version.out..."
               grep "$pattern" eb_version.out
           done
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           for eb_python in "python${pymajver}" "python${pymajminver}"; do
               export EB_PYTHON="${eb_python}"
               eb --version | tee eb_version.out 2>&1
-              for pattern in "^>> Considering .${eb_python}.\.\.\." "^>> .${eb_python}. version: ${pymajminver}\.[0-9]\+, which matches Python ${pymajver} version requirement" "^>> '${eb_python}' is able to import 'easybuild.framework', so retaining it" "^>> Selected Python command: ${eb_python} \(.*/bin/${eb_python}\)" "^This is EasyBuild 4\.[0-9.]\+"; do
+              for pattern in "^>> Considering .${eb_python}.\.\.\." "^>> .${eb_python}. version: ${pymajminver}\.[0-9]\+, which matches Python ${pymajver} version requirement" "^>> '${eb_python}' is able to import 'easybuild.framework', so retaining it" "^>> Selected Python command: ${eb_python} \(.*/bin/${eb_python}\)" "^This is EasyBuild 5\.[0-9.]\+"; do
                   echo "Looking for pattern \"${pattern}\" in eb_version.out..."
                   grep "$pattern" eb_version.out
               done
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/version.py b/easybuild/tools/version.py
index a1d0e3da81..b5e82834cc 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/version.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/version.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 # recent setuptools versions will *TRANSFORM* something like 'X.Y.Zdev' into 'X.Y.Z.dev0', with a warning like
 #   UserWarning: Normalizing '2.4.0dev' to '2.4.0.dev0'
 # This causes problems further up the dependency chain...
-VERSION = LooseVersion('4.7.2.dev0')
+VERSION = LooseVersion('5.0.0.dev0')
 UNKNOWN = 'UNKNOWN'