diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b77621..881db61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
 
     <organization>
         <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-samoa.git</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-samoa.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-samoa.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v0.5.0-incubating</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/samoa-apex/pom.xml b/samoa-apex/pom.xml
index 0ef9650..61471d7 100644
--- a/samoa-apex/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-apex/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
   -->
 
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/samoa-api/pom.xml b/samoa-api/pom.xml
index 2fc226c..454c905 100644
--- a/samoa-api/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-api/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
         <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/samoa-flink/pom.xml b/samoa-flink/pom.xml
index c41b2d8..34272cf 100644
--- a/samoa-flink/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-flink/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
       <repositories>
diff --git a/samoa-instances/pom.xml b/samoa-instances/pom.xml
index f0512f4..1ef4917 100644
--- a/samoa-instances/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-instances/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/samoa-local/pom.xml b/samoa-local/pom.xml
index 5d1039d..612efb9 100644
--- a/samoa-local/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-local/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/samoa-samza/pom.xml b/samoa-samza/pom.xml
index fbfec8c..8a346c0 100644
--- a/samoa-samza/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-samza/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/samoa-storm/pom.xml b/samoa-storm/pom.xml
index ba4368a..b0b5dca 100644
--- a/samoa-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-storm/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/samoa-test/pom.xml b/samoa-test/pom.xml
index 231012a..20e44f4 100644
--- a/samoa-test/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-test/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/samoa-threads/pom.xml b/samoa-threads/pom.xml
index ebf9759..ff6ebf7 100644
--- a/samoa-threads/pom.xml
+++ b/samoa-threads/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.samoa</groupId>
     <artifactId>samoa</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0-incubating</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>