diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 8ca710cc4..68a02bc54 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <!-- Parent -->
   <parent>
     <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
     <artifactId>web5</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.13.0-alpha-1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/credentials/pom.xml b/credentials/pom.xml
index 19dad5c70..a1f634f69 100644
--- a/credentials/pom.xml
+++ b/credentials/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <!-- Parent -->
   <parent>
     <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
     <artifactId>web5</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.13.0-alpha-1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/crypto/pom.xml b/crypto/pom.xml
index 29bdde20b..865be73eb 100644
--- a/crypto/pom.xml
+++ b/crypto/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <!-- Parent -->
   <parent>
     <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
     <artifactId>web5</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.13.0-alpha-1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/dids/pom.xml b/dids/pom.xml
index 476125352..d99f9fd3e 100644
--- a/dids/pom.xml
+++ b/dids/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <!-- Parent -->
   <parent>
     <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
     <artifactId>web5</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.13.0-alpha-1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c368ee417..6235ebbe1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <!-- Model Information -->
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
   <!-- Artifact Information  -->
   <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
   <artifactId>web5</artifactId>
-  <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.13.0-alpha-1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Web5 SDK for the JVM</name>
   <url>https://developer.tbd.website</url>
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/TBD54566975/web5-kt.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:TBD54566975/web5-kt.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/TBD54566975/web5-kt</url>
-    <tag>issue-217/maven-build</tag>
+    <tag>v0.13.0-alpha-1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <!-- Developers -->
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index dba64c7f9..818e4d9e9 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <!-- Parent -->
   <parent>
     <groupId>xyz.block</groupId>
     <artifactId>web5</artifactId>
-    <version>0.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.13.0-alpha-1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>