diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e4be6a..27fe8bc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "run_pyremotenode",
     ],
     include_package_data = True,
-    version = '0.5.0a8-lpm',
+    version = '0.5.0',
     author = 'James Byrne',
     author_email = 'jambyr@bas.ac.uk',
     url = 'http://www.github.com/antarctica/pyremotenode',