diff --git a/bugsnag-android-core/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Notifier.kt b/bugsnag-android-core/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Notifier.kt
index 4451d64ab5..07462ce39a 100644
--- a/bugsnag-android-core/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Notifier.kt
+++ b/bugsnag-android-core/src/main/java/com/bugsnag/android/Notifier.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.io.IOException
  */
 class Notifier @JvmOverloads constructor(
     var name: String = "Android Bugsnag Notifier",
-    var version: String = "v5.28.4",
+    var version: String = "5.28.4",
     var url: String = "https://bugsnag.com"
 ) : JsonStream.Streamable {
 
diff --git a/examples/sdk-app-example/app/build.gradle b/examples/sdk-app-example/app/build.gradle
index 49d335aa28..4b64557649 100644
--- a/examples/sdk-app-example/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/sdk-app-example/app/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation "com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android:v5.28.4"
+    implementation "com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android:5.28.4"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.0"
     implementation "com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2a2ffca762..7040e3da24 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-VERSION_NAME=v5.28.4
+VERSION_NAME=5.28.4
 GROUP=com.bugsnag
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android
 POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git@github.com:bugsnag/bugsnag-android.git