diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 60e530a..5c124fb 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2012, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2012, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
     <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0-B1</version>
 
     <name>Jakarta Annotations API</name>
     <description>Jakarta Annotations API</description>