diff --git a/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml b/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml
index 8f07c889ecf60659b46f4e50cd5a8f1767dbb438..4e8f74218471a5755f4ebb6533c951834d1419af 100644
--- a/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/CellDesigner-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>CellDesigner-plugin</artifactId>
 	<!-- dependency from the MapViewer model -->
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/annotation/pom.xml b/annotation/pom.xml
index a4cc3d91cbc366443584e87f85500f7bdfd5e297..025a0d575acf8ff73d2daf04cd4fcb9fbbbb5ccc 100644
--- a/annotation/pom.xml
+++ b/annotation/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>annotation</artifactId>
 	<name>Annotation module</name>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer dao -->
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer cell designer parser (we need access 
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/commons/pom.xml b/commons/pom.xml
index ddef5cdbb7a574bf4820c9a96fc1f7d706ad8b84..79f8d9fc06ebf47f927f4f85c44dd7b62d492ae3 100644
--- a/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
 	<name>Mapviewer commons</name>
diff --git a/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml b/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml
index 8f6e65f0f971038e6ca25e0c614142b7f80170b3..c9aa8f43bd93dab1d3d95e73ec7b130b9c1c242c 100644
--- a/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-CellDesigner/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
 	<name>CellDesigner converter</name>
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml b/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
index e7c66bcda74245f5f4d6ffdc39ca6d195df549c4..3a7882a2f71ad2cd3e8b816acb6cae988af58832 100644
--- a/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-SBGNML/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-SBGNML</artifactId>
 
@@ -20,26 +20,26 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/converter-graphics/pom.xml b/converter-graphics/pom.xml
index 8b77ca66a71978b529dd1dc3d25da35b7c2d81f9..c18dad60a0bd5609244eed4fb8bb68207fccae1a 100644
--- a/converter-graphics/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-graphics/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
 	<name>MapViewer graphics converter</name>
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/converter-sbml/pom.xml b/converter-sbml/pom.xml
index de6b7d476d01a6160547504e06f9bc41e5861122..dfb1257c56de1822b655724c3703cf3b95c13de6 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-sbml/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>converter-sbml</artifactId>
 	<name>converter-sbml</name>
@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/converter/pom.xml b/converter/pom.xml
index d69a4b09124d420ae78e9a8943b584d9a5c8bbae..a1c25305516094fc8625c49b498ee1658f5d0f0b 100644
--- a/converter/pom.xml
+++ b/converter/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>17.1.0</version>
+    <version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>converter</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
       <artifactId>model</artifactId>
-      <version>17.1.0</version>
+      <version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
     </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
diff --git a/frontend-js/pom.xml b/frontend-js/pom.xml
index 5bd97ae4414f22baa716e9c02e26cd8f7c88236e..ef1eae7f0b8aa6567085e620e964f19b6ce17b5b 100644
--- a/frontend-js/pom.xml
+++ b/frontend-js/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>frontend-js</artifactId>
 	<name>frontend-js</name>
diff --git a/model-command/pom.xml b/model-command/pom.xml
index 0bb694f02687ab670477188c538472b74c1781ca..1427fe68c230444a62f898f878cd81aa19c7c426 100644
--- a/model-command/pom.xml
+++ b/model-command/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>17.1.0</version>
+    <version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
   <name>Model commands</name>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<dependency>
     	<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
       <artifactId>model</artifactId>
-      <version>17.1.0</version>
+      <version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<dependency>
       <groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
       <artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-      <version>17.1.0</version>
+      <version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2-->
diff --git a/model/pom.xml b/model/pom.xml
index e5f15286b35ad29e78b435022f993bc668804e8f..43de065b768d55612ead5c901a760151e1cc7cfd 100644
--- a/model/pom.xml
+++ b/model/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>model</artifactId>
 	<name>model MapViewer</name>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Java xml serialization -->
diff --git a/pathvisio/pom.xml b/pathvisio/pom.xml
index 97ea99b0d414c5d16b5b4b64755fb78878610a0b..ebea3e4c0fea2d9056c7907c4833c5e4a15f6aa3 100644
--- a/pathvisio/pom.xml
+++ b/pathvisio/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pathvisio</artifactId>
 	<name>Pathvisio plugin</name>
@@ -77,26 +77,26 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/persist/pom.xml b/persist/pom.xml
index b7b4648513e72b72eac0b3221c837da62b60ddc3..7fdf733408e44db4d20634f38f3c9b939b05d2a0 100644
--- a/persist/pom.xml
+++ b/persist/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Hibernate -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b40bfa74b772d4fd3fbcc9a749d66bd637374c6..3e01694bca486a756c35f8e580e417273ff1d668 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-	<version>17.1.0</version>
+	<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>parent MapViewer</name>
diff --git a/rest-api/pom.xml b/rest-api/pom.xml
index 426d2b9dbd316e57391d6ed5b763e64ea6a04d69..7789b9a354bbcc12d49a799002b336729afe14e4 100644
--- a/rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>rest-api</artifactId>
 	<name>rest-api</name>
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>service</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pathvisio</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index d2b62f9cf1ef27f7340ea4747ddb5e36721e72ed..3e8c85fe30f594d06d3428cc8b23d571e5aa8901 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>service</artifactId>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer dao -->
@@ -28,47 +28,47 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>persist</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>model-command</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>annotation</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer cell designer parser -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-CellDesigner</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer SBGN-ML parser -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-SBGNML</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the MapViewer graphics converter -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-graphics</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- dependency from the SBML parser -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>converter-sbml</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Log4J2 -->
diff --git a/web/pom.xml b/web/pom.xml
index bb9c1becabe3029bcb157cc01fbc18a34b177535..2fdc6d8317fd6efc1609acf92c6e492ef9e8380b 100644
--- a/web/pom.xml
+++ b/web/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>17.1.0</version>
+		<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>web</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -36,19 +36,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>service</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rest-api</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>lcsb.mapviewer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>frontend-js</artifactId>
-			<version>17.1.0</version>
+			<version>17.1.0~beta.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>