diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6034cc40f..9d6ba756e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test_unit_codecov:
 generate_ssl:
 	./scripts/generate_ssl.sh
 
-PLACEHOLDER_NPM := \"version\": \"0.0.0-develop\"
+PLACEHOLDER_NPM := \"version\": \"0.0.1\"
 
 .PHONY: update_npmversion
 update_npmversion: