diff --git a/lphybeast-ext-dist/pom.xml b/lphybeast-ext-dist/pom.xml
index f31dfcc..55773ef 100644
--- a/lphybeast-ext-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/lphybeast-ext-dist/pom.xml
@@ -7,22 +7,23 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lphybeast-ext</artifactId>
+    <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
             <artifactId>lphybeast-mascot</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
             <artifactId>lphybeast-mm</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
             <artifactId>lphybeast-sa</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/lphybeast-ext-dist/src/assembly/lphybeast-ext-assembly.xml b/lphybeast-ext-dist/src/assembly/lphybeast-ext-assembly.xml
index 0d49f9b..ea3a3f1 100644
--- a/lphybeast-ext-dist/src/assembly/lphybeast-ext-assembly.xml
+++ b/lphybeast-ext-dist/src/assembly/lphybeast-ext-assembly.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             <source>version.xml</source>
         </file>
         <file>
-            <source>../README.md</source>
+            <source>README.md</source>
         </file>
         <file>
             <source>../LICENSE</source>
diff --git a/lphybeast-mascot/pom.xml b/lphybeast-mascot/pom.xml
index f26d4f1..73eb59b 100644
--- a/lphybeast-mascot/pom.xml
+++ b/lphybeast-mascot/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lphybeast-mascot</artifactId>
+    <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
             <artifactId>lphybeast</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>${parent.version}</version>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/lphybeast-mm/pom.xml b/lphybeast-mm/pom.xml
index c14a725..24887a5 100644
--- a/lphybeast-mm/pom.xml
+++ b/lphybeast-mm/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lphybeast-mm</artifactId>
+    <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
             <artifactId>lphybeast</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>${parent.version}</version>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/lphybeast-sa/pom.xml b/lphybeast-sa/pom.xml
index 3b70370..ed81df0 100644
--- a/lphybeast-sa/pom.xml
+++ b/lphybeast-sa/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lphybeast-sa</artifactId>
+    <version>${lphybeastext.version}</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
             <artifactId>lphybeast</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>${parent.version}</version>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/lphybeast/version.xml b/lphybeast/version.xml
index 373d138..306c2ba 100644
--- a/lphybeast/version.xml
+++ b/lphybeast/version.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<package name='lphybeast' version='1.1.0'>
+<package name='lphybeast' version='1.2.0'>
     <depends on='BEAST.base' atleast='2.7.6'/>
     <depends on='BEAST.app' atleast='2.7.6'/>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee71469..3fa1a80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.github.linguaphylo</groupId>
         <artifactId>linguaphylo</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>lphybeast-root</artifactId>
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         <beast.version>2.7.7</beast.version>
         <!-- parent.version : https://maven.apache.org/maven-ci-friendly.html -->
         <revision>1.2.0</revision>
+        <!-- used by lphybeast ext -->
+        <lphybeastext.version>1.0.0</lphybeastext.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>