diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abfefcda7..ba1e556a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.0</version>
+  <version>0.5.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>