diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b83d222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca7cd61..4936978 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 # Changelog
 
-## [v1.0.3-SNAPSHOT] - 2022-06-06
+## [v1.0.3] - 2022-06-06
 
 - added logs library as test dependency
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 237eebd..fb31b23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.resources.discovery</groupId>
 	<artifactId>discovery-client</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.3</version>
 	<name>Discovery Client</name>
 	<description>Base API for resource discovery clients</description>
 	<scm>