diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 007d64268841d3fb3282a82e2376522174a3d543..04d47c56d6b887c18d9c38c1dd029ecbb1e9c277 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ local.properties
 .idea
 bugfender.properties
 /app/app.iml
-gradle.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 44110f0d3c20075f59e7928fc9e9fc9ae9bd7f21..d056240b5279649d8dbba489ecfc0876187aeae7 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ release {
     tagTemplate = 'v${version}'
     buildTasks = ['build']
     beforeReleaseBuild.dependsOn 'clean'
-    versionPropertyFile = 'release.properties'
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/app/gradle.properties b/app/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1dd0e26d2b59d84aa9b32ab72e3c5b99065efabe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version=0.5.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/app/release.properties b/app/release.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 51fb24153e1fe80034531d0948da8493aa4c23e1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/release.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-version=0.5.1