diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8e697ec8..50bc7a02 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "chai",
-  "version": "5.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "5.0.0-rc.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "chai",
-      "version": "5.0.0-alpha.2",
+      "version": "5.0.0-rc.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "assertion-error": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d51321bd..5cdf34a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "Veselin Todorov <hi@vesln.com>",
     "John Firebaugh <john.firebaugh@gmail.com>"
   ],
-  "version": "5.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "5.0.0-rc.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/chaijs/chai"