diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersion.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersion.java
index e858d9e46..f8b222656 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersion.java
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 package com.google.googlejavaformat.java;
 
 public class GoogleJavaFormatVersion {
-  public static final String VERSION = "1.0";
+  public static final String VERSION = "1.5-SNAPSHOT";
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersionTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3334b673d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/GoogleJavaFormatVersionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.googlejavaformat.java;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+/** Integration test for GoogleJavaFormatVersion. */
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class GoogleJavaFormatVersionTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testVersionMatch() throws Exception {
+    String pom = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("pom.xml")));
+    int beginIndex = pom.indexOf("<version>") + 9; // 9 = "<version>".length()
+    int endIndex = pom.indexOf("</version>", beginIndex);
+    String pomVersion = pom.substring(beginIndex, endIndex).trim();
+
+    assertThat(GoogleJavaFormatVersion.VERSION).isEqualTo(pomVersion);
+  }
+}