diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index 989c5221e..f53f1aa69 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <protobuf-java.min.version>3.25.6</protobuf-java.min.version>
         <com.vmlens.version>1.2.27</com.vmlens.version>
         <!-- Transitive flagd-core version -->
-        <flagd-core.version>0.2.0</flagd-core.version>
+        <flagd-core.version>[1.0.0,2.0.0)</flagd-core.version>
     </properties>
 
     <name>flagd</name>
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index ab3afab6c..33ad09f17 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
     "tools/flagd-core": {
       "package-name": "dev.openfeature.contrib.tools.flagdcore",
       "release-type": "simple",
-      "release-as": "1.0.0",
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
       "versioning": "default",