diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index ebe2db54ee..7d8bc2781f 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ import (
 
 // API version constants
 const (
-	jsonrpcSemverString = "4.0.1"
-	jsonrpcSemverMajor  = 4
+	jsonrpcSemverString = "5.0.0"
+	jsonrpcSemverMajor  = 5
 	jsonrpcSemverMinor  = 0
-	jsonrpcSemverPatch  = 1
+	jsonrpcSemverPatch  = 0
 )
 
 const (