diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bdd554298..a825b98a9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl An odd micro number indicates in-progress development, (eg. from git/cvs)
 dnl An even micro number indicates a released version.
 m4_define(cairo_version_major, 1)
 m4_define(cairo_version_minor, 3)
-m4_define(cairo_version_micro, 4)
+m4_define(cairo_version_micro, 5)
 
 AC_INIT([cairo],
       cairo_version_major.cairo_version_minor.cairo_version_micro,