diff --git a/external-example/pom.xml b/external-example/pom.xml
index 9b2fa833c32528f436a234e9f235c3b2e3edd699..af4b4a8bf572c0163a5577e635e368e6ffb9b24b 100644
--- a/external-example/pom.xml
+++ b/external-example/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <artifactId>ExternalExample</artifactId>
 
     <!--TODO: replace version, for a new pipeline it's advised to start with '0.1.0-SNAPSHOT' -->
-    <version>0.5.0-DEV</version>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
             <artifactId>BiopetFramework</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.lumc.sasc</groupId>
             <artifactId>Shiva</artifactId>
 
             <!--TODO: replace version of pipeline to a fixed version -->
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>