diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 35d8659b..45dd65b4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 group = 'com.github.j2objccontrib.j2objcgradle'
 
 // A suffix of -SNAPSHOT means this is not an official release of the
-// system, but built from an intermediate source tree.  See
-// CONTRIBUTING.md on how to update this version number.
-version = '0.4.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT'
+// system, but built from an intermediate source tree.  Instructions:
+// https://github.com/j2objc-contrib/j2objc-gradle/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#publishing-and-versioning
+version = '0.5.0-alpha'
 
 test {
     testLogging {