diff --git a/eventmesh-runtime/gradle.properties b/eventmesh-runtime/gradle.properties
index ca5d73fd13..6446ff31f4 100644
--- a/eventmesh-runtime/gradle.properties
+++ b/eventmesh-runtime/gradle.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 group=org.apache.eventmesh
-version=1.2.0
+version=1.2.0-release
 mavenUserName=
 mavenPassword=