diff --git a/gora-accumulo/pom.xml b/gora-accumulo/pom.xml
index 3220ec9..6ad8626 100644
--- a/gora-accumulo/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-cassandra/pom.xml b/gora-cassandra/pom.xml
index 54bd37d..097a6e6 100644
--- a/gora-cassandra/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-compiler-cli/pom.xml b/gora-compiler-cli/pom.xml
index 822d466..1560460 100644
--- a/gora-compiler-cli/pom.xml
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diff --git a/gora-compiler/pom.xml b/gora-compiler/pom.xml
index 089560e..313702c 100644
--- a/gora-compiler/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-core/pom.xml b/gora-core/pom.xml
index f06dd12..92b6072 100644
--- a/gora-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/gora-goraci/pom.xml b/gora-goraci/pom.xml
index 56ffb1d..608ae1f 100644
--- a/gora-goraci/pom.xml
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diff --git a/gora-hbase/pom.xml b/gora-hbase/pom.xml
index 0782a44..6bb7b24 100644
--- a/gora-hbase/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-mongodb/pom.xml b/gora-mongodb/pom.xml
index a79cc78..d786ad6 100644
--- a/gora-mongodb/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-shims-distribution/pom.xml b/gora-shims-distribution/pom.xml
index 8caee5e..2405c95 100644
--- a/gora-shims-distribution/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-shims-hadoop/pom.xml b/gora-shims-hadoop/pom.xml
index 27e62a1..22f5e43 100644
--- a/gora-shims-hadoop/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-shims-hadoop1/pom.xml b/gora-shims-hadoop1/pom.xml
index 66f6e99..df098da 100644
--- a/gora-shims-hadoop1/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-shims-hadoop2/pom.xml b/gora-shims-hadoop2/pom.xml
index 7e0a25b..018bf67 100644
--- a/gora-shims-hadoop2/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-solr/pom.xml b/gora-solr/pom.xml
index d05a6d9..7a6eb9c 100644
--- a/gora-solr/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/gora-tutorial/pom.xml b/gora-tutorial/pom.xml
index c134b72..12e0393 100644
--- a/gora-tutorial/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 472d7c3..e15328e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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-  <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.5</version>
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diff --git a/sources-dist/pom.xml b/sources-dist/pom.xml
index ccc5465..14967c0 100644
--- a/sources-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/sources-dist/pom.xml
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