diff --git a/pass-core-doi-service/pom.xml b/pass-core-doi-service/pom.xml
index 96e365d1..1cf51245 100644
--- a/pass-core-doi-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-doi-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
         <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pass-core-doi-service</artifactId>
diff --git a/pass-core-file-service/pom.xml b/pass-core-file-service/pom.xml
index a8bf7092..199fda6a 100644
--- a/pass-core-file-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-file-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pass-core-file-service</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
diff --git a/pass-core-main/pom.xml b/pass-core-main/pom.xml
index 0efc01a7..5fe1918a 100644
--- a/pass-core-main/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-main/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
     <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pass-core-main</artifactId>
diff --git a/pass-core-metadataschema-service/pom.xml b/pass-core-metadataschema-service/pom.xml
index 6dacbb67..1e2dbdf9 100644
--- a/pass-core-metadataschema-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-metadataschema-service/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
         <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pass-core-metadataschema-service</artifactId>
diff --git a/pass-core-object-service/pom.xml b/pass-core-object-service/pom.xml
index 8e90ac88..2ac20205 100644
--- a/pass-core-object-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-object-service/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
     <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pass-core-object-service</artifactId>
diff --git a/pass-core-policy-service/pom.xml b/pass-core-policy-service/pom.xml
index 2a09bf75..f5f1b3bb 100644
--- a/pass-core-policy-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-policy-service/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <?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">
+<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">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
-    <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pass-core-user-service/pom.xml b/pass-core-user-service/pom.xml
index 6af73f04..6cc5bb1e 100644
--- a/pass-core-user-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pass-core-user-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.pass</groupId>
         <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pass-core-user-service</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0004a0f..cdb239df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pass-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.5.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>PASS backend</name>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/eclipse-pass/pass-core.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/eclipse-pass/pass-core.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/eclipse-pass/pass-core</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>0.5.0</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>