diff --git a/universal_robot/package.xml b/universal_robot/package.xml
index e9b470d59a045c2be298da0f077e0649a6a43552..1a303cb8e6824b4a6018566b293b56a2177b918b 100644
--- a/universal_robot/package.xml
+++ b/universal_robot/package.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <package>
   <name>universal_robot</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
       Drivers, description, and utilities for Universal Robot Arms.
   </description>
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   <author>Stuart Glaser</author>
   <author email="kphawkins@gatech.edu">Kelsey Hawkins</author>
   <author>Wim Meeussen</author>
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
 
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
   <run_depend>ur5_moveit_config</run_depend>
diff --git a/ur10_moveit_config/package.xml b/ur10_moveit_config/package.xml
index 06f5eea11a38a133706bf79fec6d0c8988df0d6d..ea33d00e4fed51569af2e8e49d080fd2d0979622 100644
--- a/ur10_moveit_config/package.xml
+++ b/ur10_moveit_config/package.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <package>
 
   <name>ur10_moveit_config</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
      An automatically generated package with all the configuration and launch files for using the ur10 with the MoveIt Motion Planning Framework
   </description>
-  <author email="assistant@moveit.ros.org">MoveIt Setup Assistant</author>
-  <maintainer email="assistant@moveit.ros.org">MoveIt Setup Assistant</maintainer>
-
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
+  <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
+  
   <license>BSD</license>
 
   <url type="website">http://moveit.ros.org/</url>
diff --git a/ur5_moveit_config/package.xml b/ur5_moveit_config/package.xml
index 9167f1265489491b34aee7e5eb16789ebea833f5..15cb8c291c5ca17708f8374340ebc37ce539e77a 100644
--- a/ur5_moveit_config/package.xml
+++ b/ur5_moveit_config/package.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <package>
 
   <name>ur5_moveit_config</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
      An automatically generated package with all the configuration and launch files for using the ur5 with the MoveIt Motion Planning Framework
   </description>
-  <author email="assistant@moveit.ros.org">MoveIt Setup Assistant</author>
-  <maintainer email="assistant@moveit.ros.org">MoveIt Setup Assistant</maintainer>
-
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
+  <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
+  
   <license>BSD</license>
 
   <url type="website">http://moveit.ros.org/</url>
diff --git a/ur_bringup/package.xml b/ur_bringup/package.xml
index 1c2e98b5f9f0da00804c18cc354766ada59de7ff..b000cb9f296965411a63112d94fd270f3a973340 100644
--- a/ur_bringup/package.xml
+++ b/ur_bringup/package.xml
@@ -1,57 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>ur_bringup</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>The ur_bringup package</description>
 
-  <!-- One maintainer tag required, multiple allowed, one person per tag --> 
-  <!-- Example:  -->
-  <!-- <maintainer email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</maintainer> -->
+  <author>Wim Meeussen</author>
+  <author email="sedwards@swri.org">Shaun Edwards</author>
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
   <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
 
-  <!-- One license tag required, multiple allowed, one license per tag -->
-  <!-- Commonly used license strings: -->
-  <!--   BSD, MIT, Boost Software License, GPLv2, GPLv3, LGPLv2.1, LGPLv3 -->
   <license>BSD</license>
-
-
-  <!-- Url tags are optional, but mutiple are allowed, one per tag -->
-  <!-- Optional attribute type can be: website, bugtracker, or repository -->
-  <!-- Example: -->
   <url type="website">http://ros.org/wiki/ur_bringup</url>
 
-
-  <!-- Author tags are optional, mutiple are allowed, one per tag -->
-  <!-- Authors do not have to be maintianers, but could be -->
-  <!-- Example: -->
-  <!-- <author email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</author> -->
-  <author>Wim Meeussen</author>
-  <author email="sedwards@swri.org">Shaun Edwards</author>
-
-
-  <!-- The *_depend tags are used to specify dependencies -->
-  <!-- Dependencies can be catkin packages or system dependencies -->
-  <!-- Examples: -->
-  <!-- Use build_depend for packages you need at compile time: -->
-  <!--   <build_depend>message_generation</build_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use buildtool_depend for build tool packages: -->
-  <!--   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use run_depend for packages you need at runtime: -->
-  <!--   <run_depend>message_runtime</run_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use test_depend for packages you need only for testing: -->
-  <!--   <test_depend>gtest</test_depend> -->
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
   <run_depend>tf2_ros</run_depend>
   <run_depend>ur_description</run_depend>
   <run_depend>ur_driver</run_depend>
 
-
-  <!-- The export tag contains other, unspecified, tags -->
   <export>
-    <!-- You can specify that this package is a metapackage here: -->
-    <!-- <metapackage/> -->
-
-    <!-- Other tools can request additional information be placed here -->
-
   </export>
 </package>
diff --git a/ur_description/package.xml b/ur_description/package.xml
index a2976f27de33ee0075e33de4f16de0472d66393f..e704ee28724c89511ba3ed812d9fb1b0712cf786 100644
--- a/ur_description/package.xml
+++ b/ur_description/package.xml
@@ -1,59 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>ur_description</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
       URDF description for Universal UR5/10 robot arms
   </description>
 
-  <!-- One maintainer tag required, multiple allowed, one person per tag --> 
-  <!-- Example:  -->
-  <!-- <maintainer email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</maintainer> -->
-  <maintainer email="kphawkins@gatech.edu">Kelsey Hawkins</maintainer>
-
-
-  <!-- One license tag required, multiple allowed, one license per tag -->
-  <!-- Commonly used license strings: -->
-  <!--   BSD, MIT, Boost Software License, GPLv2, GPLv3, LGPLv2.1, LGPLv3 -->
-  <license>BSD</license>
-
-
-  <!-- Url tags are optional, but mutiple are allowed, one per tag -->
-  <!-- Optional attribute type can be: website, bugtracker, or repository -->
-  <!-- Example: -->
-  <url type="website">http://ros.org/wiki/ur_description</url>
-
-
-  <!-- Author tags are optional, mutiple are allowed, one per tag -->
-  <!-- Authors do not have to be maintianers, but could be -->
-  <!-- Example: -->
-  <!-- <author email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</author> -->
   <author>Wim Meeussen</author>
   <author email="kphawkins@gatech.edu">Kelsey Hawkins</author>
   <author>Mathias Ludtke</author>
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
+  <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
+
+  <license>BSD</license>
 
+  <url type="website">http://ros.org/wiki/ur_description</url>
 
-  <!-- The *_depend tags are used to specify dependencies -->
-  <!-- Dependencies can be catkin packages or system dependencies -->
-  <!-- Examples: -->
-  <!-- Use build_depend for packages you need at compile time: -->
-  <!--   <build_depend>message_generation</build_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use buildtool_depend for build tool packages: -->
-  <!--   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use run_depend for packages you need at runtime: -->
-  <!--   <run_depend>message_runtime</run_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use test_depend for packages you need only for testing: -->
-  <!--   <test_depend>gtest</test_depend> -->
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
   <run_depend>urdf</run_depend>
 
-
-  <!-- The export tag contains other, unspecified, tags -->
   <export>
-    <!-- You can specify that this package is a metapackage here: -->
-    <!-- <metapackage/> -->
-
-    <!-- Other tools can request additional information be placed here -->
-
   </export>
 </package>
diff --git a/ur_driver/package.xml b/ur_driver/package.xml
index ad68042e844d1aba57af049510efa3c784f77b48..f72b2252900c2a4ee65fba15a1e63b7589171575 100644
--- a/ur_driver/package.xml
+++ b/ur_driver/package.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>ur_driver</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
       Driver for the UR5/10 arm based on the Polyscope control scheme.
   </description>
 
+  <author>Stuart Glaser</author>
+  <author email="sedwards@swri.org">Shaun Edwards</author>
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
   <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
+
   <license>BSD</license>
   <url type="website">http://ros.org/wiki/ur_driver</url>
-  <author>Stuart Glaser</author>
-  <author email="sedwards@swri.org">Shaun Edwards</author>
 
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
-
   <run_depend>rospy</run_depend>
   <run_depend>actionlib</run_depend>
   <run_depend>control_msgs</run_depend>
diff --git a/ur_gazebo/package.xml b/ur_gazebo/package.xml
index 2179125dbc1fd8c5da4d65137c8c657942673d98..dee21ab740055098ed20bc2e93019d57ce8232a5 100644
--- a/ur_gazebo/package.xml
+++ b/ur_gazebo/package.xml
@@ -1,48 +1,21 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>ur_gazebo</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
       Gazebo wrapper for the Universal UR5/10 robot arms.
   </description>
 
-  <!-- One maintainer tag required, multiple allowed, one person per tag --> 
-  <!-- Example:  -->
-  <!-- <maintainer email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</maintainer> -->
+  
+  <author>Alexander Bubeck</author>
+  <author email="sedwards@swri.org">Shaun Edwards</author>
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
   <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
 
-
-  <!-- One license tag required, multiple allowed, one license per tag -->
-  <!-- Commonly used license strings: -->
-  <!--   BSD, MIT, Boost Software License, GPLv2, GPLv3, LGPLv2.1, LGPLv3 -->
   <license>BSD</license>
 
-
-  <!-- Url tags are optional, but mutiple are allowed, one per tag -->
-  <!-- Optional attribute type can be: website, bugtracker, or repository -->
-  <!-- Example: -->
   <url type="website">http://ros.org/wiki/ur_gazebo</url>
 
-
-  <!-- Author tags are optional, mutiple are allowed, one per tag -->
-  <!-- Authors do not have to be maintianers, but could be -->
-  <!-- Example: -->
-  <!-- <author email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</author> -->
-  <author>Alexander Bubeck</author>
-  <author email="sedwards@swri.org">Shaun Edwards</author>
-
-
-  <!-- The *_depend tags are used to specify dependencies -->
-  <!-- Dependencies can be catkin packages or system dependencies -->
-  <!-- Examples: -->
-  <!-- Use build_depend for packages you need at compile time: -->
-  <!--   <build_depend>message_generation</build_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use buildtool_depend for build tool packages: -->
-  <!--   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use run_depend for packages you need at runtime: -->
-  <!--   <run_depend>message_runtime</run_depend> -->
-  <!-- Use test_depend for packages you need only for testing: -->
-  <!--   <test_depend>gtest</test_depend> -->
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
   <run_depend>ur_description</run_depend>
   <run_depend>gazebo_ros_pkgs</run_depend>
@@ -55,13 +28,6 @@
   <run_depend>robot_state_publisher</run_depend>
   
 
-
-  <!-- The export tag contains other, unspecified, tags -->
   <export>
-    <!-- You can specify that this package is a metapackage here: -->
-    <!-- <metapackage/> -->
-
-    <!-- Other tools can request additional information be placed here -->
-
   </export>
 </package>
diff --git a/ur_kinematics/package.xml b/ur_kinematics/package.xml
index 2216dcd5a8414ee163e9e9cd934aaea954c82c76..2d848ae47f56e18cf8a1da084f3cc720f13cc518 100644
--- a/ur_kinematics/package.xml
+++ b/ur_kinematics/package.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>ur_kinematics</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>
      Provides forward and inverse kinematics for Universal Robots designs.
      See http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50782 for details.
   </description>
 
+  <author email="kphawkins@gatech.edu">Kelsey Hawkins</author>
   <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
   <maintainer email="kphawkins@gatech.edu">Kelsey Hawkins</maintainer>
   <license>BSD</license>
   <url type="website">http://wiki.ros.org/ur_kinematics</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/ros-industrial/universal_robot/issues</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/ros-industrial/universal_robot</url>
-  <author email="kphawkins@gatech.edu">Kelsey Hawkins</author>
-
+  
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
 
   <build_depend>moveit_core</build_depend>
diff --git a/ur_msgs/package.xml b/ur_msgs/package.xml
index 132d36dd19f5c417a106740c8a3201fa9279279e..e0db97db5c1b1d716a9bed77d9ae0f80e01a484e 100644
--- a/ur_msgs/package.xml
+++ b/ur_msgs/package.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>ur_msgs</name>
-  <version>1.0.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <description>The ur_msgs package</description>
-  <maintainer email="glusia@rpi.edu">Andrew Glusiec</maintainer>
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  
   <author email="glusia@rpi.edu">Andrew Glusiec</author>
-
+  <author email="fxm@ipa.fhg.de">Felix Messmer</author>
+  <maintainer email="aub@ipa.fhg.de">Alexander Bubeck</maintainer>
+  
+  <license>BSD</license>
+  
   <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
   <build_depend>message_generation</build_depend>
   <build_depend>std_msgs</build_depend>
   <run_depend>message_runtime</run_depend>
   <run_depend>std_msgs</run_depend>
 
-
-  <!-- The export tag contains other, unspecified, tags -->
   <export>
   </export>
 </package>