diff --git a/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml b/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml
index 4b89651970b5b9c05bf599a6b14d44b161793663..99ccf226096d57cf286da1605971b28498013ede 100644
--- a/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-aggregate/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>BiopetRoot</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>BiopetProtectedPackage</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/external-example/pom.xml b/external-example/pom.xml
index 47e2693113f28d6c6acbb392bc5ed30903cfa2fc..91031dc832c719924bc6ced750276feb3c19a356 100644
--- a/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <artifactId>ExternalExample</artifactId>
 
     <!--TODO: replace version, for a new pipeline it's advised to start with '0.1.0-SNAPSHOT' -->
-    <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@
             <artifactId>BiopetCore</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+            <version>0.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>BiopetExtensions</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+            <version>0.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>Shiva</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+            <version>0.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffed7f03b3cfb8c01e800c9a28078d2da968c90f..c7e5417c1ab36a37eb761434f5bb96f036909f63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>public</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml
index 1ef4e0d1891320d595ea435326401124964de65c..cd8f32d1a5dbd7fcd1200358f73b1a8b6c9425a2 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-gatk-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml
index 85f1c617072a92db9419a4ead63b884f49f89531..e7f330381a90d4fb17913d902d02ce6832d1f102 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-gatk-pipelines/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml b/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
index 0da6f891ad41ff089855e138002ae1940d18176c..bfa9a303084f3926595a772ff1270309c3ab02c1 100644
--- a/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/biopet-protected-package/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/protected/pom.xml b/protected/pom.xml
index d150b228e62254679f72dca4d8143458f7c3fe00..7bb17235e9869a4b7f58441ab8516a2f7f11a6fe 100644
--- a/protected/pom.xml
+++ b/protected/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>BiopetRoot</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>BiopetGatk</artifactId>
diff --git a/public/bam2wig/pom.xml b/public/bam2wig/pom.xml
index b953b3cb83e2d154ad74c2ffb37f672536af8065..98ba88b65c586bab4d0d708cfe44f3acba377218 100644
--- a/public/bam2wig/pom.xml
+++ b/public/bam2wig/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/public/bammetrics/pom.xml b/public/bammetrics/pom.xml
index d4a53613e727ab54e8303af417a994a22e5e5b40..7a33bd9601413d26ae0bc8776f1375fff7092337 100644
--- a/public/bammetrics/pom.xml
+++ b/public/bammetrics/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/basty/pom.xml b/public/basty/pom.xml
index 8b245437d722e93effc5eb1497200bc628e5f89e..b5b764024ea8c71435f2304c4c029751f766dc60 100644
--- a/public/basty/pom.xml
+++ b/public/basty/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/biopet-core/pom.xml b/public/biopet-core/pom.xml
index b4abe4216faa5b79ff3d8d43f00e3e7f2bec261d..9e48d9b069c7e041667d0d3988b7c94061a069ed 100644
--- a/public/biopet-core/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml b/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
index e61ed2ec635addd49e09f19df90ef0035825e270..060c22472b0f3711336437981c77334608c4da9d 100644
--- a/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml b/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
index 7262fdb0f0fb5115d327f92381eec5f4dfa275c1..6267b2487bf7c69f4e6cac6b0485c3519a9fcdac 100644
--- a/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-public-package/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml b/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
index 5e6f3275caca21ba6df6c4e9451743b1f7a02065..0a98d1ec8aeec18a2515a55f1f426073c2094215 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-tools-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml b/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
index f2047c3956225fa5cfed43637ff2a785bf5eb3b5..078e3ca6fe0600aa58345285b5262b010e693114 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-tools-package/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml b/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml
index eb9f307bcd7ba0ef1b951b3f9f00e096bb67e27f..b0a9f29a6612cb2936f8b43952c30b145fdd2964 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-tools/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml b/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml
index f630c78b7b25af5e982a470de109599afb6d565d..15648f4077ce8dd5454a5a534fcac555156c573b 100644
--- a/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/public/biopet-utils/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/carp/pom.xml b/public/carp/pom.xml
index bc8ab4b96b4e9cfb976e83bc79a931084db36842..19dc52563fb0e26928f095b1e5aacac0ad7b56c5 100644
--- a/public/carp/pom.xml
+++ b/public/carp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/flexiprep/pom.xml b/public/flexiprep/pom.xml
index 34e6ceac614c1b924885889b575cc76b27ecb9eb..1671ea78b706fc0fff91aaac97e4430962ea8921 100644
--- a/public/flexiprep/pom.xml
+++ b/public/flexiprep/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/gears/pom.xml b/public/gears/pom.xml
index 80be5a6727b5e334dd39005c1ee3f25abcd64005..d23eef0ddbfcf57ae8692b674d8daf976e89e210 100644
--- a/public/gears/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gears/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/public/gentrap/pom.xml b/public/gentrap/pom.xml
index 9feb28dc498c286435b76a4883265c5cd0dcadc6..a3c16521a60a56d94cf3db9b605f0711c5f606a8 100644
--- a/public/gentrap/pom.xml
+++ b/public/gentrap/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/kopisu/pom.xml b/public/kopisu/pom.xml
index e37c2a0f29944331a450817406da5c302bb9c430..9bb48d0f9ea8bac9654b7777b008f635cd8187b2 100644
--- a/public/kopisu/pom.xml
+++ b/public/kopisu/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/mapping/pom.xml b/public/mapping/pom.xml
index 5c4fc0691cf9bc43508cd6d23a641d74c2e57590..e8c09611d2f1abb2d31b5077f72c16b90f03dd32 100644
--- a/public/mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/public/mapping/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/pom.xml b/public/pom.xml
index 73f721444205f64228f578439e8bc9f5c2d9515a..c7f75a5958b20c7a9176af5ff625880abb573e17 100644
--- a/public/pom.xml
+++ b/public/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
     <name>Biopet</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
     
     <modules>
         <!--<module>biopet-framework</module>-->
diff --git a/public/sage/pom.xml b/public/sage/pom.xml
index c55ec6ba422170045af8391563d91d78a76a4b46..8c23ce7aab5b63d71d4f1f753d0f7ba021903c00 100644
--- a/public/sage/pom.xml
+++ b/public/sage/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/shiva/pom.xml b/public/shiva/pom.xml
index 2d72aaf9c05fd238a0d69b85b4fc3f289bc47e6a..bd205e7891eeecf12189855134749aa98f5957a5 100644
--- a/public/shiva/pom.xml
+++ b/public/shiva/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/public/toucan/pom.xml b/public/toucan/pom.xml
index 80d419adef543822127ab413aebb1cf99233c2c4..4557395aecf9a14ebc8d1254024bb6facb588992 100644
--- a/public/toucan/pom.xml
+++ b/public/toucan/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/public/yamsvp/pom.xml b/public/yamsvp/pom.xml
index 8b85d2c6247e35057a2a484eb3d3a91e2c28b825..9d2934f3a66a86661aadca6b2f899d539371798a 100644
--- a/public/yamsvp/pom.xml
+++ b/public/yamsvp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
         <artifactId>Biopet</artifactId>
-        <version>0.5.0-RC2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>