diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 735b48e44..f6771077d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## v1.5 [unreleased]
+
 ## v1.4 [unreleased]
 
 ### Release Notes
diff --git a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
index f0ff6e66a..6301ea8ff 100644
--- a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
+++ b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var fService = flag.String("service", "",
 //   ie, -ldflags "-X main.version=`git describe --always --tags`"
 
 var (
-	nextVersion = "1.4.0"
+	nextVersion = "1.5.0"
 	version     string
 	commit      string
 	branch      string