diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 959dc227..1071e85e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
   <artifactId>samskivert</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5</version>
   <name>samskivert</name>
   <description>A collection of Java utilities.</description>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/samskivert/</url>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>