diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55ccf4a39..a347f6c0c 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ out/
 graphics/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 /pom-backup.xml
 /pom.xml.bak
+.flattened-pom.xml
 
 # editors
 *.swp
 *.idea
 *.iml
+.junie/
diff --git a/cdm/pom.xml b/cdm/pom.xml
index 564f786e6..88197985e 100644
--- a/cdm/pom.xml
+++ b/cdm/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 8b3d66aeb..5e183d837 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-common</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/coveragejson/pom.xml b/coveragejson/pom.xml
index 1491897b7..a01cebba2 100644
--- a/coveragejson/pom.xml
+++ b/coveragejson/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-coveragejson</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index df3da4bc6..d22acaafe 100755
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-examples</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/godiva/pom.xml b/godiva/pom.xml
index 688a6bc7a..05b5c06ad 100644
--- a/godiva/pom.xml
+++ b/godiva/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-godiva</artifactId>
diff --git a/graphics/pom.xml b/graphics/pom.xml
index b2a7f4afb..86794ad8f 100644
--- a/graphics/pom.xml
+++ b/graphics/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-graphics</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c29b86f1a..e60bb502e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${revision}</version>
     <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
     <name>Environmental Data Abstraction Library</name>
 
     <properties>
+        <revision>1.5.3.5-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <!-- Enables auto-insertion of licence in new source code files. 
             Could be extracted to a separate settings file, as per http://mevenide.codehaus.org/m2-site/mevenide2-netbeans/customizations.html -->
@@ -51,6 +52,31 @@
     </developers>
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+                    <flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>flatten</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>flatten</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>flatten.clean</id>
+                        <phase>clean</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>clean</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <!-- Sets the source version to Java 11 -->
 			    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/wms/pom.xml b/wms/pom.xml
index 55ec32547..669d144a1 100644
--- a/wms/pom.xml
+++ b/wms/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-wms</artifactId>
diff --git a/xml-catalogue/pom.xml b/xml-catalogue/pom.xml
index fb8577287..924c71677 100755
--- a/xml-catalogue/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-catalogue/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <artifactId>edal</artifactId>
         <groupId>uk.ac.rdg.resc</groupId>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-        <version>1.5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>edal-xml-catalogue</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>