diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 82f10b4cc..539ae36d2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Leiningen News -- history of user-visible changes
 
-## 2.4.4 / ???
+## 2.5.0 / ???
 
 * Allow certain profiles to be `^:leaky` and affect downstream. (Hugo Duncan)
 * Allow profiles to be loaded out of plugins. (Phil Hagelberg, Hugo Duncan)
diff --git a/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj b/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj
index 1578fe4d3..1ddbbe209 100644
--- a/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj
+++ b/leiningen-core/src/leiningen/core/project.clj
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@
   {:dev {:pom-scope :test}
    :test {:pom-scope :test}
    :base {:pom-scope :test}
+   :uberjar {:leaky true}
    :provided {:pom-scope :provided}})
 
 (defn- meta-merge