diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 48469dff..f7b3b662 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2011, Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2011, Professor Benoit Macq
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2011, Antonin Descampe
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2012, Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2012, Professor Benoit Macq
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2012, Antonin Descampe
  * Copyright (c) 2003-2009, Francois-Olivier Devaux
  * Copyright (c) 2005, Herve Drolon, FreeImage Team
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2003, Yannick Verschueren
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
  * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
  * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
\ No newline at end of file
+ */
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3cd9071c..462ff2db 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ Misc:
      - images are located in 'http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/data' folder.
      - configuration files and utilities are located in 'tests' folder.
     * OPJViewer re-activated (need wxWidgets)
-    * Many bug fixes. See CHANGES for details.
+    * Huge amount of bug fixes. See CHANGES for details.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 05a280c2..018ba2da 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Details on folders hierarchy:
     * JavaOpenJPEG: java jni to use openjpeg in a java program
     * jpip: complete client-server architecture for remote browsing of jpeg 2000 images. See corresponding README for more details.
     * OPJViewer: gui for displaying j2k files (based on wxWidget)
-* thirdparty: thirdparty libraries used by some applications. These libraries will be build only if there are not found on the system. Note that libopenjpeg itself does not have any dependency.
+* thirdparty: thirdparty libraries used by some applications. These libraries will be built only if there are not found on the system. Note that libopenjpeg itself does not have any dependency.
 * doc: doxygen documentation setup file and man pages
 * tests: configuration files and utilities for the openjpeg test suite. All test images are located in 'http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/data' folder.
 * CMake: cmake related files
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ Details on folders hierarchy:
 see LICENSE for license and copyright information.
 see INSTALL for installation procedures.
 see NEWS for user visible changes in successive releases.
-see CHANGES for per-revision changes.
\ No newline at end of file
+see CHANGES for per-revision changes.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c0ea8c51..317ffa23 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # 3) if API or ABI is broken (this case should (must) never happen as it's very bad for a library), or a new designed library, increase MAJOR and set MINOR and MICRO to 0
 
 m4_define([OPJ_MAJOR], [1])
-m4_define([OPJ_MINOR], [4])
-m4_define([OPJ_MICRO], [99])
+m4_define([OPJ_MINOR], [5])
+m4_define([OPJ_MICRO], [0])
 
 m4_define([lt_cur], m4_eval(OPJ_MAJOR + OPJ_MINOR))
 m4_define([lt_rev], OPJ_MICRO)