diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 725e01e..a297e83 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@idpass/smartscanner-capacitor",
-  "version": "0.5.1",
+  "version": "0.6.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Capacitor plugin for the SmartScanner Core library to scan MRZ, NFC and barcodes",
   "main": "dist/plugin.cjs.js",
   "module": "dist/esm/index.js",