diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1cc4f0c1c..faa66922a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ jobs:
         echo -n "$GPG_SIGNING_KEY" | base64 --decode | gpg --import
       env:
         GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+      
+    - name: Remove SNAPSHOT
+      run: mvn versions:set -DremoveSnapshot
 
     - name: Deploy
-      run: |        
+      run: |
         mvn --batch-mode \
-          --settings release/m2-settings.xml clean deploy -Dversion.modifier=''
+          --settings release/m2-settings.xml clean deploy
       env:
         OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
         OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1458971bf..b5f230b47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class MyClass {
 <dependency>
     <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
     <artifactId>javasdk</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.0</version>
+    <version>0.1.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ If you would like snapshot builds, this is the relevant repository information:
 #### Gradle
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'dev.openfeature:javasdk:0.1.0'
+    implementation 'dev.openfeature:javasdk:0.1.1'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad9c1e58d..2e30b6ebb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 
   <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
   <artifactId>javasdk</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.0${version.modifier}</version>
+  <version>0.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <properties>
-    <!-- During releases, we override this to make it empty -->
-    <version.modifier>-SNAPSHOT</version.modifier>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>