diff --git a/exist-xqts/pom.xml b/exist-xqts/pom.xml
index 6001f07d64e..ff81c70018b 100644
--- a/exist-xqts/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-xqts/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.exist-db</groupId>
             <artifactId>exist-xqts-runner_2.13</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.3.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- use the exist-core version of this project instead -->
                 <exclusion>