diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c78d2a5244..f251049927 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
+ 1.5.0  - 9 July 2000
+         o switch to gtkhtml widget
+         o updated French translations
+         o improved qif importing
+         o fix for g-wrap 0.9.4
+         o misc bug fixes
+
  1.3.100 - 12 June 2000
          o bug fixes
          o updated documentation
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 93a3c759e6..1f241e34b5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=gnucash
 
-VERSION=1.3.100
+VERSION=1.5.0
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7b65bd9574..00b6d1f6d0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 ### commands depend on them):
 
 AC_INIT(src/guile/gnucash.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnucash,1.3.100)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnucash,1.5.0)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST