diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 202934f..cec833b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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>
 	<prerequisites>
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@
 	</prerequisites>
 	<groupId>org.purl.wf4ever.robundle</groupId>
 	<artifactId>robundle</artifactId>
-	<version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.5.0</version>
 	<name>RO Bundle API</name>
 	<description>API for dealing with RO Bundles</description>
 	<properties>