prepare RC1 of AntUnit 1.4.1
diff --git a/changes.xml b/changes.xml
index a54e73f..f939d5a 100644
--- a/changes.xml
+++ b/changes.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
     <title>Apache AntUnit</title>
   </properties>
 
-  <release version="1.4.1" date="unreleased">
+  <release version="1.5" date="unreleased">
+  </release>
+  <release version="1.4.1" date="2021-07-07">
     <action type="fix" issue="65315">
       We didn't follow our own best practice and hard-coded the
       AntUnit URI inside the Antlib descriptor instead of using
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 48290a2..d186e98 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 #  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
-artifact.version=1.4.1alpha
+artifact.version=1.5alpha