diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2be87662..695e666a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>eu.clarin.cmdi</groupId>
     <artifactId>vlo-mapping</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-beta1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <name>VLO mapping definitions</name>