diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b47b59bf..51ff2615 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ val baseDeps = Seq(
 
 commonSettings
 
-ThisBuild / version := sys.env.getOrElse("VERSION", "0.0.3")
+ThisBuild / version := sys.env.getOrElse("VERSION", "0.0.3-SNAPSHOT")
 ThisBuild / organization := "com.github.chester-lang"
 
 ThisBuild / assemblyMergeStrategy := {