diff --git a/jawampa-core/pom.xml b/jawampa-core/pom.xml
index c0968a1..92122c2 100644
--- a/jawampa-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jawampa-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ws.wamp.jawampa</groupId>
         <artifactId>jawampa-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.3-STAGING</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
   
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/jawampa-examples/pom.xml b/jawampa-examples/pom.xml
index 3d986bd..605ca75 100644
--- a/jawampa-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/jawampa-examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>ws.wamp.jawampa</groupId>
     <artifactId>jawampa-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.4.3-STAGING</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jawampa-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/jawampa-netty/pom.xml b/jawampa-netty/pom.xml
index bc7d163..aac067d 100644
--- a/jawampa-netty/pom.xml
+++ b/jawampa-netty/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
       <groupId>ws.wamp.jawampa</groupId>
       <artifactId>jawampa-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.4.3-STAGING</version>
+      <version>0.5.0</version>
     </parent>
 
   <artifactId>jawampa-netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/jawampa-netty/readme.md b/jawampa-netty/readme.md
index 9700c06..bffa09f 100644
--- a/jawampa-netty/readme.md
+++ b/jawampa-netty/readme.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Declare the following dependency for the jawampa-netty connection provider:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>ws.wamp.jawampa</groupId>
         <artifactId>jawampa-netty</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 As this will automatically add a dependency on `ws.wamp.jawampa.core` is it
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d40cbe3..82960df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <groupId>ws.wamp.jawampa</groupId>
     <artifactId>jawampa-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.4.3-STAGING</version>
+    <version>0.5.0</version>
   
     <name>jawampa</name>
     <url>https://github.com/Matthias247/jawampa</url>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index b5e0cf7..0616ba5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Declare the following dependency for the base library:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>ws.wamp.jawampa</groupId>
         <artifactId>jawampa-core</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.2</version>
+        <version>0.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 However as the core library of jawampa does not provide a transport layer users