diff --git a/libguile/_scm.h b/libguile/_scm.h
index 003c36d62..87f976362 100644
--- a/libguile/_scm.h
+++ b/libguile/_scm.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void scm_ia64_longjmp (scm_i_jmp_buf *, int);
 
 /* Major and minor versions must be single characters. */
 #define SCM_OBJCODE_MAJOR_VERSION 3
-#define SCM_OBJCODE_MINOR_VERSION 4
+#define SCM_OBJCODE_MINOR_VERSION 5
 #define SCM_OBJCODE_MAJOR_VERSION_STRING        \
   SCM_CPP_STRINGIFY(SCM_OBJCODE_MAJOR_VERSION)
 #define SCM_OBJCODE_MINOR_VERSION_STRING        \
diff --git a/module/system/vm/assembler.scm b/module/system/vm/assembler.scm
index 5677b312a..1dd9666aa 100644
--- a/module/system/vm/assembler.scm
+++ b/module/system/vm/assembler.scm
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ needed."
 
 ;; FIXME: Define these somewhere central, shared with C.
 (define *bytecode-major-version* #x0202)
-(define *bytecode-minor-version* 4)
+(define *bytecode-minor-version* 5)
 
 (define (link-dynamic-section asm text rw rw-init frame-maps)
   "Link the dynamic section for an ELF image with bytecode @var{text},