diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c825c0..1241f3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<gitBaseUrl>https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem</gitBaseUrl>
 
 		<!-- default properties -->
-		<gcube-smartgears-bom-version>2.5.1</gcube-smartgears-bom-version>
+		<gcube-smartgears-bom-version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</gcube-smartgears-bom-version>
 		<storagehub-version-range>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT,3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</storagehub-version-range>
 		<plugin-framework-version>1.0.6-SNAPSHOT</plugin-framework-version>
 		<authorization-utils-range>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</authorization-utils-range>