diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 86981dff0..6b16c712f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@airgap/beacon-sdk",
-  "version": "0.3.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b4535b1a..a7797d1d5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@airgap/beacon-sdk",
-  "version": "0.3.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0-beta.1",
   "description": "The beacon-sdk is setup in a way to allow for p2p communication between wallets and dapps",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/check-sdk-version.ts b/scripts/check-sdk-version.ts
index 832c681a1..d25463199 100644
--- a/scripts/check-sdk-version.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-sdk-version.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ const packageJsonContent = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJson, 'utf-8'))
 const packageLockJsonContent = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageLockJson, 'utf-8'))
 
 if (packageJsonContent.version !== packageLockJsonContent.version) {
-  throw new Error(`Package (${packageJsonContent.version}) and Package Lock (${packageLockJsonContent.version}) version mismatch!`)
+  throw new Error(
+    `Package (${packageJsonContent.version}) and Package Lock (${packageLockJsonContent.version}) version mismatch!`
+  )
 }
 
-if (!packageJsonContent.version.startsWith(SDK_VERSION)) {
-  throw new Error(`Package version (${packageJsonContent.version}) does not match SDK Version (${SDK_VERSION})`)
+if (packageJsonContent.version !== SDK_VERSION) {
+  throw new Error(
+    `Package version (${packageJsonContent.version}) does not match SDK Version (${SDK_VERSION})`
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 75a3dcc2c..880457e99 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export const SDK_VERSION: string = '0.3.0-beta.0'
+export const SDK_VERSION: string = '0.3.0-beta.1'
 export const BEACON_VERSION: string = '1'