diff --git a/examples/global-web-fabric/pom.xml b/examples/global-web-fabric/pom.xml
index ce6e09a..4647a2e 100644
--- a/examples/global-web-fabric/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/global-web-fabric/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/hadoop-and-whirr/pom.xml b/examples/hadoop-and-whirr/pom.xml
index 866e197..6438e6f 100644
--- a/examples/hadoop-and-whirr/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/hadoop-and-whirr/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index bb82c5f..12acedc 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-messaging-pubsub/pom.xml b/examples/simple-messaging-pubsub/pom.xml
index fc0ed51..6113683 100644
--- a/examples/simple-messaging-pubsub/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/simple-messaging-pubsub/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-nosql-cluster/pom.xml b/examples/simple-nosql-cluster/pom.xml
index 4624cfb..eeda641 100644
--- a/examples/simple-nosql-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/simple-nosql-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-open-loop-policy/pom.xml b/examples/simple-open-loop-policy/pom.xml
index ab5c816..ec76efe 100644
--- a/examples/simple-open-loop-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/simple-open-loop-policy/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-web-cluster/pom.xml b/examples/simple-web-cluster/pom.xml
index 9e4452f..a4961c6 100644
--- a/examples/simple-web-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/simple-web-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop-jar/pom.xml b/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop-jar/pom.xml
index 5da2a51..87b5fd0 100644
--- a/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop-jar/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop-jar/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-webapps-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop/pom.xml b/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop/pom.xml
index a27a1b0..db24c8e 100644
--- a/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webapps/hello-world-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-webapps-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/webapps/hello-world-sql/pom.xml b/examples/webapps/hello-world-sql/pom.xml
index ed3690d..7591cde 100644
--- a/examples/webapps/hello-world-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webapps/hello-world-sql/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-webapps-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version> <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/webapps/hello-world-webapp/pom.xml b/examples/webapps/hello-world-webapp/pom.xml
index 07c31fd..12214fd 100644
--- a/examples/webapps/hello-world-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webapps/hello-world-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-webapps-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/webapps/pom.xml b/examples/webapps/pom.xml
index 966ec38..e6be4f5 100644
--- a/examples/webapps/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/webapps/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn.example</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-examples-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sandbox/database/pom.xml b/sandbox/database/pom.xml
index 78fa429..e1644a6 100644
--- a/sandbox/database/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/database/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sandbox/dropwizard/pom.xml b/sandbox/dropwizard/pom.xml
index f1b8ada..eb16d5b 100644
--- a/sandbox/dropwizard/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/dropwizard/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version><!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sandbox/mgmt/pom.xml b/sandbox/mgmt/pom.xml
index 3bcc365..ff267aa 100644
--- a/sandbox/mgmt/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/mgmt/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
 		<artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+		<version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
     
diff --git a/sandbox/nosql/pom.xml b/sandbox/nosql/pom.xml
index d5f0b1b..116736e 100644
--- a/sandbox/nosql/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/nosql/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/sandbox/web-acceptance/pom.xml b/sandbox/web-acceptance/pom.xml
index ec2ec14..fda765b 100644
--- a/sandbox/web-acceptance/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/web-acceptance/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>   <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/software/database/pom.xml b/software/database/pom.xml
index 14c34cb..352c551 100644
--- a/software/database/pom.xml
+++ b/software/database/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/software/messaging/pom.xml b/software/messaging/pom.xml
index 7a81336..07755f4 100644
--- a/software/messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/software/messaging/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
 		<artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+		<version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/software/nosql/pom.xml b/software/nosql/pom.xml
index aff6491..cdb5d13 100644
--- a/software/nosql/pom.xml
+++ b/software/nosql/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/software/osgi/pom.xml b/software/osgi/pom.xml
index 8c7f33d..8be98c8 100644
--- a/software/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/software/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
 		<artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+		<version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/software/webapp/pom.xml b/software/webapp/pom.xml
index 5dca738..1e3f53a 100644
--- a/software/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/software/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/usage/qa/pom.xml b/usage/qa/pom.xml
index eede372..c4b65cb 100644
--- a/usage/qa/pom.xml
+++ b/usage/qa/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.brooklyn</groupId>
         <artifactId>brooklyn-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
+        <version>0.5.0</version>  <!-- BROOKLYN_VERSION -->
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/usage/qa/start-monitor.sh b/usage/qa/start-monitor.sh
index d03bb3a..e807f2b 100755
--- a/usage/qa/start-monitor.sh
+++ b/usage/qa/start-monitor.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 CLASS=brooklyn.qa.longevity.Monitor
 # BROOKLYN_VERSION_BELOW
-VERSION=0.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION=0.5.0
 
 ROOT=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
 cd $ROOT
diff --git a/usage/qa/start-webcluster.sh b/usage/qa/start-webcluster.sh
index 9a9358f..0b5d938 100755
--- a/usage/qa/start-webcluster.sh
+++ b/usage/qa/start-webcluster.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 CLASS=brooklyn.qa.longevity.webcluster.WebClusterApp
 # BROOKLYN_VERSION_BELOW
-VERSION=0.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION=0.5.0
 
 ROOT=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
 cd $ROOT