diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7637074..1de7b11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-## Version 0.1.0
+## Version 1.0.0-beta
 
-Initial release.
\ No newline at end of file
+Initial pre-release.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ec893a..7e83803 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Declare the plugin in your Nextflow pipeline configuration file:
 
 ```groovy title="nextflow.config"
 plugins {
-  id 'nf-co2footprint@0.1.0'    
+  id 'nf-co2footprint@1.0.0-beta'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/contributing/setup.md b/docs/contributing/setup.md
index d2fb8ec..53f15f9 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/setup.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/setup.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The plugin can be tested without using a local Nextflow build using the followin
 2. Run nextflow with this command, specifying the plugin version:
 
    ```bash
-   nextflow run -plugins nf-co2footprint@0.1.0 <script/pipeline name> [pipeline params]
+   nextflow run -plugins nf-co2footprint@1.0.0-beta <script/pipeline name> [pipeline params]
    ```
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/nf-co2footprint/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/nf-co2footprint/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index e5ff22e..dfdcb4b 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-co2footprint/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/nf-co2footprint/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Plugin-Id: nf-co2footprint
-Plugin-Version: 0.1.0
+Plugin-Version: 1.0.0-beta
 Plugin-Class: nextflow.co2footprint.CO2FootprintPlugin
 Plugin-Provider: nextflow
 Plugin-Requires: >=23.07.0