diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index d60b0225e..ab3afab6c 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
     "tools/flagd-api": {
       "package-name": "dev.openfeature.contrib.tools.flagdapi",
       "release-type": "simple",
-      "release-as": "1.0.0",
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
       "versioning": "default",
diff --git a/tools/flagd-core/pom.xml b/tools/flagd-core/pom.xml
index b3cd2afbb..2acbd86f3 100644
--- a/tools/flagd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/flagd-core/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>flagd-api</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.0</version>
+            <version>[1.0.0,2.0.0)</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>