diff --git a/CyGraphSpaceApp/pom.xml b/CyGraphSpaceApp/pom.xml
index 0d609de..547f46c 100644
--- a/CyGraphSpaceApp/pom.xml
+++ b/CyGraphSpaceApp/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.cytoscape.graphspace</groupId>
     <artifactId>CyGraphSpace</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-beta</version>
 
     <name>CyGraphSpace</name>