diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 88f7cdb9..e323de68 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ ifeq ($(VERSION),)
   ifneq ($(wildcard $(VERSION_FILE)),)
     VERSION                 := $(shell $(CAT) $(VERSION_FILE))
   else
-    VERSION                 := $(shell echo 1.0.0-0-dev | tee $(VERSION_FILE))
+    VERSION                 := $(shell echo 0.1.0-0-dev | tee $(VERSION_FILE))
     $(warning Automatically created missing $(VERSION_FILE).)
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh b/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh
index fc149892..c954b3ef 100644
--- a/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh
+++ b/scripts/jw-pkg-create-project.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ cat_Makefile()
 cat_VERSION()
 {
 	cat <<-EOT
-	1.0.0-0-dev
+	0.1.0-0-dev
 	EOT
 }