diff --git a/pmd/project.xml b/pmd/project.xml
index 0c6ee399a5..a3132b770a 100644
--- a/pmd/project.xml
+++ b/pmd/project.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>pmd</id>
   <name>PMD</name>
-  <currentVersion>0.4</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>0.5</currentVersion>
   <organization>
     <name>Tom Copeland/David Dixon-Peugh</name>
     <url>http://pmd.sourceforge.net/</url>