diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b832146d91319cbd51653a8fbb5f2bb3865c6ec3..8d178814884b80e28b2388e5480cc40d80d6b88e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>eu.hbp.mip</groupId>
     <artifactId>portal-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- BUMP_VERSION -->
+    <version><version>2.6.0</version><!-- BUMP_VERSION --></version><!-- BUMP_VERSION -->
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>portal-backend</name>