diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b664674a73..e904d7b56c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
     <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
     <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
-    <version>0.40.18-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.41.0-RC1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <scm>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/usethesource/rascal.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>v0.40.16</tag>
+        <tag>v0.41.0-RC1</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <!-- dependency resolution configuration (usethesource) -->
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@
                                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
                                     <resource>META-INF/sisu/javax.inject.Named</resource> <!-- Needed for dependency injection in MavenCli -->
                                 </transformer>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer"/> <!-- Needed for dependency injection in MavenCli -->
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer" /> <!-- Needed for dependency injection in MavenCli -->
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer" />
                                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer">
                                     <addHeader>false</addHeader>
                                 </transformer>