diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 3b2843478..05f321652 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  limitations under the License.
  -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
   <artifactId>core</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>ZXing Core</name>
-  <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Core barcode encoding/decoding library</description>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/zxing</url>
   <inceptionYear>2007</inceptionYear>