diff --git a/Ably.podspec b/Ably.podspec
index b4fae228f..651918a30 100644
--- a/Ably.podspec
+++ b/Ably.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                    = "Ably"
-  s.version                 = `Scripts/get-version.sh`
+  s.version                 = '1.2.21-beta.1'
   s.summary                 = "iOS, tvOS and macOS Objective-C and Swift client for Ably"
   s.description             = <<-DESC
                               iOS, tvOS and macOS Objective-C and Swift client library for ably.com, the realtime messaging service.