diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index a26ba8c5..4b683e01 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ gitHeadCommitSha in ThisBuild := scala.sys.process.Process("git rev-parse --shor
 
 // *** IMPORTANT ***
 // One of the two "version" lines below needs to be uncommented.
-// version in ThisBuild := "0.4.0" // the release version
-version in ThisBuild := s"0.5.0-${gitHeadCommitSha.value}-SNAPSHOT" // the snapshot version
+version in ThisBuild := "0.5.0" // the release version
+// version in ThisBuild := s"0.5.0-${gitHeadCommitSha.value}-SNAPSHOT" // the snapshot version