diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5fd15fbf..ad9f872e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ function templateParametersGenerator (compilation, assets, assetTags, options) {
 /**
  * The major version number of this plugin
  */
-HtmlWebpackPlugin.version = 4;
+HtmlWebpackPlugin.version = 5;
 
 /**
  * A static helper to get the hooks for this plugin