diff --git a/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm b/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm
index 961f45bb68..9a24969ea5 100644
--- a/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm
+++ b/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use Cwd;
 use File::Basename;
 
 $HIP_BASE_VERSION_MAJOR = "5";
-$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "0";
+$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "1";
 $HIP_BASE_VERSION_PATCH = "0";
 
 #---