diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f044cf..ef2be57 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>uoa-orcid-service</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.1-BETA-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
     <scm>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:gitea@code-repo.d4science.org:MaDgIK/uoa-orcid-service.git</developerConnection>