4 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 4eb22e9..63778d7 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension JSON.
 
+4.05 2022-01-14
+    - removed VERSION section in pod (GH#52, abraxxa++)
+
 4.04 2021-12-17
     - updated backportPP with JSON::PP 4.07
 
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 9233cc3..fc217bb 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@
          "url" : "https://github.com/makamaka/JSON"
       }
    },
-   "version" : "4.04",
-   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON version 4.04"
+   "version" : "4.05",
+   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON version 4.05"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 2976089..93c2cbc 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ requires:
 resources:
   bugtracker: https://github.com/makamaka/JSON/issues
   repository: https://github.com/makamaka/JSON
-version: '4.04'
+version: '4.05'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff --git a/lib/JSON.pm b/lib/JSON.pm
index a90c346..7927301 100644
--- a/lib/JSON.pm
+++ b/lib/JSON.pm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ BEGIN { @JSON::ISA = 'Exporter' }
 @JSON::EXPORT = qw(from_json to_json jsonToObj objToJson encode_json decode_json);
 
 BEGIN {
-    $JSON::VERSION = '4.04';
+    $JSON::VERSION = '4.05';
     $JSON::DEBUG   = 0 unless (defined $JSON::DEBUG);
     $JSON::DEBUG   = $ENV{ PERL_JSON_DEBUG } if exists $ENV{ PERL_JSON_DEBUG };
 }
@@ -476,10 +476,6 @@ JSON - JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder
  
  $pretty_printed = $json->pretty->encode( $perl_scalar ); # pretty-printing
 
-=head1 VERSION
-
-    4.02
-
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This module is a thin wrapper for L<JSON::XS>-compatible modules with a few