diff --git a/src/unitxt/version.py b/src/unitxt/version.py
index 62944ed59..e3a0f0153 100644
--- a/src/unitxt/version.py
+++ b/src/unitxt/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "=1.5.0"
+version = "1.5.0"