diff --git a/openvimd.py b/openvimd.py
index 9134076..6513943 100755
--- a/openvimd.py
+++ b/openvimd.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 
 __author__="Alfonso Tierno"
 __date__ ="$10-jul-2014 12:07:15$"
-__version__="0.4.10-r503"
-version_date="Sep 2016"
+__version__="0.5.0-r506"
+version_date="Oct 2016"
 database_version="0.8"      #expected database schema version
 
 import httpserver