diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index c40fda4109b..d0132ce162d 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "description": "Mirror of the Sage https://sagemath.org/ source tree", 
     "license": "other-open", 
-    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.4.beta4", 
-    "version": "9.4.beta4", 
+    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.4.beta5", 
+    "version": "9.4.beta5", 
     "upload_type": "software", 
-    "publication_date": "2021-07-01", 
+    "publication_date": "2021-07-18", 
     "creators": [
         {
             "affiliation": "SageMath.org", 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "related_identifiers": [
         {
             "scheme": "url", 
-            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.4.beta4", 
+            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.4.beta5", 
             "relation": "isSupplementTo"
         }, 
         {
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 2f40e816f49..9aeb663dea5 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 9.4.beta4, Release Date: 2021-07-01
+SageMath version 9.4.beta5, Release Date: 2021-07-18
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 5d964672102..cef1bce4364 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=22a8c7e681d106378a80fc9fad15010b992db04a
-md5=e55e086d69e3b0d1cfae0700aa2f9827
-cksum=961619397
+sha1=70b46d821bd601ddf3e6b6d6bfcfb288d81018d1
+md5=5d83741b640f1862df88c4d12bdc7220
+cksum=150019468
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index d52e467a192..2bae6d02a89 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1bb10552aaaa4ac416a72bfbed4d982aebbd8cc3
+5e648d88fead1ead94ca608e60c49c156e2291aa
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt
index 0c2ffe14533..0439ed38bee 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.4.beta4
+9.4.beta5
diff --git a/src/VERSION.txt b/src/VERSION.txt
index 0c2ffe14533..0439ed38bee 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.txt
+++ b/src/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.4.beta4
+9.4.beta5
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index f9935624875..4595e6aee5d 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='9.4.beta4'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2021-07-01'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.4.beta4, Release Date: 2021-07-01'
+SAGE_VERSION='9.4.beta5'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2021-07-18'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.4.beta5, Release Date: 2021-07-18'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 6cc84191475..b97a07ff370 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '9.4.beta4'
-date = '2021-07-01'
-banner = 'SageMath version 9.4.beta4, Release Date: 2021-07-01'
+version = '9.4.beta5'
+date = '2021-07-18'
+banner = 'SageMath version 9.4.beta5, Release Date: 2021-07-18'