diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e66831..705892f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>ome</groupId>
   <artifactId>OMEZarrReader</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.5.0</version>
 
   <name>Implementation of Bio-Formats readers for the next-generation file formats</name>
   <inceptionYear>2020</inceptionYear>