diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59e52b73..7da583d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.zalando</groupId>
     <artifactId>fahrschein</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
 
     <name>Fahrschein</name>
     <description>A java client for the nakadi event bus</description>