diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2733914..9cfd9d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<groupId>de.linkvt.bachelor</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ontobench</artifactId>
 	<packaging>${packaging.type}</packaging>
-	<version>1.2.0</version>
+	<version>1.3.0-RC1</version>
 	<name>Ontology-Visualization-Benchmark-Generator</name>
 
 	<properties>