diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d66f32fde0..2385525a8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
   <name>clojure</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.5.0-master-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-RC4</version>
 
   <url>http://clojure.org/</url>
   <description>Clojure core environment and runtime library.</description>