diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 3630e44..e859494 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -38,45 +38,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Update version
         run: |
-          set -e
-
-          # Extract version using grep/sed as fallback (works even with -SNAPSHOT)
-          current_version=$(xmllint --xpath "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='version']/text()" pom.xml)
-          
-          if [[ -z "$current_version" ]]; then
-          echo "❌ Failed to extract version from pom.xml"
-          exit 1
-          fi
-          
-          # Strip "-SNAPSHOT" if present
-          base_version="${current_version%-SNAPSHOT}"
-          
-          # Split into major.minor.patch
-          IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$base_version"
-          
-          # Handle missing patch (e.g. 1.0)
-          patch=${patch:-0}
-          
-          # Increment minor, reset patch
-          minor=$((minor + 1))
-          patch=0
-          
-          # Preserve -SNAPSHOT if it was present
-          if [[ "$current_version" == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
-          new_version="${major}.${minor}.${patch}-SNAPSHOT"
-          else
-          new_version="${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
-          fi
-        
-          # Apply it with Maven
-          echo "🔧 Updating version: $current_version → $new_version"
-          mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="$new_version"
-          mvn versions:commit
-          
-          # Remove unnecessary backup file
-          rm -f pom.xml.versionsBackup
-          
-          echo "✅ Done!"
+          chmod +x update-version.sh
+          ./update-version.sh
       - name: Build and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2452c16..5cc0610 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>de.telekom</groupId>
 	<artifactId>silly-game</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>silly-game</name>
 	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
 	<url/>
diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fbfce00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Extract version using grep/sed as fallback (works even with -SNAPSHOT)
+current_version=$(awk '/<version>/ {count++; if(count == 2) print $0}' pom.xml | sed -n 's|.*<version>\([^<]*\)</version>.*|\1|p')
+
+if [[ -z "$current_version" ]]; then
+  echo "❌ Failed to extract version from pom.xml"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Strip "-SNAPSHOT" if present
+base_version="${current_version%-SNAPSHOT}"
+
+# Split into major.minor.patch
+IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$base_version"
+
+# Handle missing patch (e.g. 1.0)
+patch=${patch:-0}
+
+# Increment minor, reset patch
+minor=$((minor + 1))
+patch=0
+
+# Preserve -SNAPSHOT if it was present
+if [[ "$current_version" == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+  new_version="${major}.${minor}.${patch}-SNAPSHOT"
+else
+  new_version="${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
+fi
+
+# Apply it with Maven
+echo "🔧 Updating version: $current_version → $new_version"
+mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="$new_version"
+mvn versions:commit
+
+# Remove unnecessary backup file
+rm -f pom.xml.versionsBackup
+
+echo "✅ Done!"