diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/beta/plugin/reads/ReadsBundleTest.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/beta/plugin/reads/ReadsBundleTest.java
index fbccc72ba2..84bfa6f9ab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/beta/plugin/reads/ReadsBundleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/beta/plugin/reads/ReadsBundleTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void testReadsBundleReadsAndIndex() {
     public void testNoReadsInSerializedBundle() {
         final String vcfJSON = """
             {
-                "schemaVersion":"0.1.0",
+                "schemaVersion":"%s",
                 "schemaName":"htsbundle",
                 "%s":{"path":"my.vcf","format":"%s"},
                 "primary":"%s"