diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 146b6213..053b68ab 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0"
+  ".": "0.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70e90d8d..b7cb54b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
     <name>sdk-pom</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <properties>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
                 <artifactId>platform-client</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
              <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/protocol/pom.xml b/protocol/pom.xml
index 401213bc..911c9ec8 100644
--- a/protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/protocol/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
     </parent>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 19ae34b3..9fc7edde 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
     </parent>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>protocol</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
+            <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-sdk:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index c3058f81..46217f42 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
+
+java-sdk:0.0.0:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file