diff --git a/pmd/build.xml b/pmd/build.xml
index d75fd74c1f..61514d0e71 100644
--- a/pmd/build.xml
+++ b/pmd/build.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<property name="dir.build" value="build/" />
 	<property name="dir.rulesets" value="rulesets/" />
 	<property name="dir.regress" value="regress/" />
-	<property name="version" value="4.2" />
+	<property name="version" value="5.0" />
 
 	<property name="asm.version" value="3.1" />
 	<property name="jaxen.version" value="1.1.1" />
diff --git a/pmd/docs.sh b/pmd/docs.sh
index 6dd29ccc56..405285327f 100755
--- a/pmd/docs.sh
+++ b/pmd/docs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 DOCS_FILE="docs.tar.gz"
-currentVersion=4.2
+currentVersion=5.0<
 option="${1}"
 
 function tarball-docs() {
diff --git a/pmd/tool/maven/project.xml b/pmd/tool/maven/project.xml
index 3b682f16d7..b03e0fbb0e 100644
--- a/pmd/tool/maven/project.xml
+++ b/pmd/tool/maven/project.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
 	<id>pmd</id>
 	<name>PMD</name>
-	<currentVersion>4.2</currentVersion>
+	<currentVersion>5.0</currentVersion>
 	<organization>
 		<name>InfoEther</name>
 		<url>http://pmd.sourceforge.net/</url>
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 
 	<versions>
 		<version>
-			<id>4.2</id>
-			<name>4.2</name>
-			<tag>pmd_release_4_2</tag>
+			<id>5.0</id>
+			<name>5.0</name>
+			<tag>pmd_release_5_0</tag>
 		</version>
 		<version>
 			<id>dev</id>