diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 87b27cbe..6e04b3d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.maxmind.geoip2</groupId>
     <artifactId>geoip2</artifactId>
-    <version>0.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>MaxMind GeoIP2 API</name>
     <description>API for accessing MaxMind's GeoIP2 web service</description>