diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f53e0752ab8e..f13302dcd4e0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changes for Crate
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+2015/05/07 0.49.0
+=================
+
  - Fix: performing queries on a partitioned table could cause unnecessary
    ``execution rejected`` errors
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/crate/Version.java b/core/src/main/java/io/crate/Version.java
index c492eca1493f..b637dabe2046 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/crate/Version.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/crate/Version.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class Version {
     // the (internal) format of the id is there so we can easily do after/before checks on the id
 
 
-    public static final boolean SNAPSHOT = true;
+    public static final boolean SNAPSHOT = false;
     public static final Version CURRENT = new Version(490099, SNAPSHOT, org.elasticsearch.Version.V_1_4_4);
 
     static {