diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index 860d17b..b53bdb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
     name: Build, Test and Assess code quality
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-base.yaml@1.50.2
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-base.yaml@1.50.3
     with:
       java-version: 21
       gradle-version: 8.4
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Build and push sentence producer image
-        uses: bakdata/ci-templates/actions/java-gradle-build-jib@1.50.2
+        uses: bakdata/ci-templates/actions/java-gradle-build-jib@1.50.3
         with:
           full-image-name: bakdata/kpops-demo-sentence-producer
           class: com.bakdata.kpops.examples.SentenceProducer
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           working-directory: ${{ env.working-directory }}
 
       - name: Build and push word count image
-        uses: bakdata/ci-templates/actions/java-gradle-build-jib@1.50.2
+        uses: bakdata/ci-templates/actions/java-gradle-build-jib@1.50.3
         with:
           full-image-name: bakdata/kpops-demo-word-count-app
           class: com.bakdata.kpops.examples.WordCountApplication
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 89cd349..8db895a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle Release
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.50.2
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.50.3
     with:
       java-version: 21
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/word-count/code/gradle.properties b/word-count/code/gradle.properties
index 6d3fb86..01f8cfb 100644
--- a/word-count/code/gradle.properties
+++ b/word-count/code/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version=2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true