diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 49ee982..d6a373f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "Project version $PROJECT_VERSION is a valid release version. Proceeding..."
 
       - name: Publish package
-        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy -DskipTests=true
+        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy -DskipTests=true -s ${{ github.workspace }}/settings.xml
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Provided by Actions, used for authentication
diff --git a/parsec-client-java/pom.xml b/parsec-client-java/pom.xml
index ee5d481..575b132 100644
--- a/parsec-client-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-client-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
         <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>parsec-client-java</artifactId>
     <properties>
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
diff --git a/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml b/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml
index 3672bba..013484e 100644
--- a/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
         <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>parsec-interface-java</artifactId>
     <properties>
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml b/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml
index d7de4ec..20f28f6 100644
--- a/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
         <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>parsec-jca-java-test</artifactId>
     <properties>
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
                     <parallel>none</parallel>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/parsec-jca-java/pom.xml b/parsec-jca-java/pom.xml
index 2ddbfd3..b5d1394 100644
--- a/parsec-jca-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-jca-java/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
         <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>parsec-jca-java</artifactId>
     <properties>
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml b/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
index 789c787..8dbcb4b 100644
--- a/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
         <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>parsec-protobuf-java</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml b/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml
index 4d960ed..8b08443 100644
--- a/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
         <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>parsec-testcontainers</artifactId>
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3193835..b495881 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
     <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
             <id>github</id>            <!-- MUST match the server-id in the workflow -->