diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Configuration.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Configuration.kt
index e6514ec1..2b65aded 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Configuration.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Configuration.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 object Project {
     const val name = "rtron"
     const val group = "io.rtron"
-    const val version = "1.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    const val version = "1.3.0-alpha.0"
 }
 
 object ProjectComponents {
diff --git a/rtron-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/cli/Main.kt b/rtron-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/cli/Main.kt
index 739f96d7..2d2f476e 100644
--- a/rtron-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/cli/Main.kt
+++ b/rtron-cli/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/cli/Main.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ class MainCommand : CliktCommand(name = "rtron") {
  * @param args arguments of the cli
  */
 fun main(args: Array<String>) = MainCommand()
-    .versionOption("1.3-SNAPSHOT")
+    .versionOption("1.3.0-alpha.0")
     .subcommands(SubcommandValidateOpendrive(), SubcommandOpendriveToCitygml())
     .main(args)