diff --git a/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.cmd b/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.cmd
index 6ecda2fd95c..9f5922554ae 100644
--- a/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.cmd
+++ b/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.cmd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ IF %ARGC% NEQ 3 (
 	exit /B 1
 )
 
-SET OpenhabVersion="4.3.0-SNAPSHOT"
+SET OpenhabVersion="5.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 SET BindingIdInCamelCase=%~1
 SET BindingIdInLowerCase=%BindingIdInCamelCase%
diff --git a/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.sh b/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.sh
index e035e8a93f2..b994a5d3acc 100755
--- a/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.sh
+++ b/bundles/create_openhab_binding_skeleton.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [ $# -lt 3 ] && { echo "Usage: $0 <BindingIdInCamelCase> <Author> <GitHub Username>"; exit 1; }
 
-openHABVersion=4.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+openHABVersion=5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 camelcaseId=$1
 id=`echo $camelcaseId | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`