diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 532a9ef..44497d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGE_NAME: DeclarativeContracts
             
           # Useful with external providers like Nerdbank.GitVersioning, ignores VERSION_FILE_PATH & VERSION_REGEX
-          VERSION_STATIC: 0.1.0  
+          VERSION_STATIC: 1.0.0-alpha 
 
           # Format of the git tag, [*] gets replaced with actual version
           TAG_FORMAT: v*