diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc8cc90686002d809638b4d79f586172360ab3a1..768dc728758de88aa8f403bbb44ff813341c2d12 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Version 2.0 release candidate 5
+  - fix a couple of bugs (validation, argument checks)
+  - fix gnt-cluster getmaster on non-master nodes (regression)
+  - some small improvements to RAPI and IAllocator
+  - make watcher automatically start the master daemon if down
+
 Version 2.0 release candidate 4
   - change the OS list to not require locks; this helps with big
     clusters
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 75e3531b4fbfa576aaf3de9f285d4537281125f6..19e0bf3ae9168c4e7caa4e27b7356690b91aff3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [0])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc4])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc5])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,