diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e2c2860ba..ca9462226 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 project(votca-ctp)
 
-set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.5-dev")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.5")
 set(PROJECT_CONTACT "bugs@votca.org")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^[1-9]+\\.([1-9]+).*$" "\\1" SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 if (NOT ${SOVERSION} MATCHES "[1-9]+")