diff --git a/.versioneer-lookup b/.versioneer-lookup
index dd99c543..0289bad3 100644
--- a/.versioneer-lookup
+++ b/.versioneer-lookup
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ maintenance 1.3.6 1a6dbb3f4a5bef857cdeb13c031b9deca2cf30a2 pep440-dev
 fix/.* 1.3.6 1a6dbb3f4a5bef857cdeb13c031b9deca2cf30a2 pep440-dev
 improve/.* 1.3.6 1a6dbb3f4a5bef857cdeb13c031b9deca2cf30a2 pep440-dev
 
-# staging/maintenance is currently the branch for preparation of 1.3.5rc4
+# staging/maintenance is currently the branch for preparation of 1.3.5rc5
 # so is regressionfix/...
-staging/maintenance 1.3.5rc4 679674df2282af0c4500367fa93864c6defa3802 pep440-dev
-regressionfix/.* 1.3.5rc4 679674df2282af0c4500367fa93864c6defa3802 pep440-dev
+staging/maintenance 1.3.5rc5 e88e6ba29203757b07a3237a51f1346ab1e5aaae pep440-dev
+regressionfix/.* 1.3.5rc5 e88e6ba29203757b07a3237a51f1346ab1e5aaae pep440-dev
 
 # every other branch is a development branch and thus gets resolved to 1.4.0-dev for now
 .* 1.4.0 7f5d03d0549bcbd26f40e7e4a3297ea5204fb1cc pep440-dev