diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index dc4d084e..33114145 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Release candidates
    - dropped Java and JHOVE in favour of qpdf
    - improved command line error output
    - additional tests and bug fixes
+   - tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
 
 -  rc4:
 
diff --git a/ocrmypdf/main.py b/ocrmypdf/main.py
index df565d0f..a193b8e9 100755
--- a/ocrmypdf/main.py
+++ b/ocrmypdf/main.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ check_pil_encoder('zlib', 'PNG')
 parser = cmdline.get_argparse(
     prog="ocrmypdf",
     description="Generate searchable PDF file from an image-only PDF file.",
-    version='3.0rc4',
+    version='3.0rc5',
     fromfile_prefix_chars='@',
     ignored_args=[
         'touch_files_only', 'recreate_database', 'checksum_file_name',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17625246..babbc79d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if 'upload' in sys.argv[1:]:
 
 setup(
     name='ocrmypdf',
-    version='3.0rc4',  # also update: release notes, main.py
+    version='3.0rc5',  # also update: release notes, main.py
     description='OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched',
     url='https://github.com/fritz-hh/OCRmyPDF',
     author='James. R. Barlow',