diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3dca4791c..54f1471fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google</groupId>
   <artifactId>bitcoinj</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4</version>
+  <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>BitCoinJ</name>
   <description>A Java implementation of a Bitcoin client-only node</description>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj</url>
diff --git a/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/VersionMessage.java b/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/VersionMessage.java
index d9fad1236..1cd8049e1 100644
--- a/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/VersionMessage.java
+++ b/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/VersionMessage.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class VersionMessage extends Message {
         } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);  // Cannot happen (illegal IP length).
         }
-        subVer = "/BitCoinJ:0.4/";
+        subVer = "/BitCoinJ:0.5-SNAPSHOT/";
         bestHeight = newBestHeight;
 
         length = 84;