diff --git a/documentation/release/release-engineering.md b/documentation/release/release-engineering.md
index bb115a9b47..ee41ae4d8a 100644
--- a/documentation/release/release-engineering.md
+++ b/documentation/release/release-engineering.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ git commit -am "CHORE: generate-all.sh"
 Pick the next release number:
 
 ```shell
-git tag -l |grep -F v4. | sort --version-sort --field-separator=. --key=2,2 | tail
+git tag -l |grep -F v5. | sort --version-sort --field-separator=. --key=2,2 | tail
 ```
 
 The manual dance below (empty PR → wait for tests → merge → tag) is now done by