diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 70cbeeefa..6713fe503 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.flatbuffers</groupId>
   <artifactId>flatbuffers-java</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>FlatBuffers Java API</name>
   <description>