diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 33cf67028..f1af1b537 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The tag should be the version of the package being bumped, prepended with a desc
 - **SDK only:** `sdk-v<version>` (e.g., `sdk-v1.6.0`)
 - **OTel only:** `otel-v<version>` (e.g., `otel-v0.3.0`)
 - **Testing only:** `testing-v<version>` (e.g., `testing-v1.2.1`)
-- **Telemetry Exporter only:** `telemetry-exporter-v<version>` (e.g., `telemetry-exporter-v1.0.0`)
+- **Telemetry Exporter only:** `telemetry-exporter-v<version>` (e.g., `telemetry-exporter-v0.0.1`)
 - **Multiple packages in a single release:** comma-separate the sub-tags (e.g., `sdk-v1.6.0,otel-v0.3.0`)
 
 Examples:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Examples:
 sdk-v1.6.0
 otel-v0.3.0
 testing-v1.2.1
-telemetry-exporter-v1.0.0
+telemetry-exporter-v0.0.1
 sdk-v1.6.0,otel-v0.3.0
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/README.md b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/README.md
index 759adcb83..035f2ac5a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ hooks and emits one curated `DurableExecutionTelemetry` record per execution
 to the configured exporters. The wire record keeps the JS camelCase field
 names so records read identically across SDKs.
 
+> **Experimental.** Like its JS counterpart, this plugin is experimental and may
+> change or be removed in future releases.
+
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/pyproject.toml b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/pyproject.toml
index bcfc6a8b6..f79ba4964 100644
--- a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["observability", "durable-execution-telemetry", "durable-execution"]
 authors = [{ name = "AWS durable-execution-dev", email = "durable-execution-dev@amazon.com" }]
 classifiers = [
-  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/src/aws_durable_execution_sdk_python_telemetry_exporter/__about__.py b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/src/aws_durable_execution_sdk_python_telemetry_exporter/__about__.py
index 505b209a1..c7c5adad4 100644
--- a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/src/aws_durable_execution_sdk_python_telemetry_exporter/__about__.py
+++ b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/src/aws_durable_execution_sdk_python_telemetry_exporter/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026-present Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/tests/test_package_metadata.py b/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/tests/test_package_metadata.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c4a666a7..000000000
--- a/packages/aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter/tests/test_package_metadata.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026-present Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-"""Release metadata for the Durable Execution Telemetry Exporter."""
-
-import tomllib
-from importlib.metadata import version
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from packaging.version import Version
-
-from aws_durable_execution_sdk_python_telemetry_exporter import __version__
-
-
-PACKAGE_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
-
-
-def test_public_version_matches_installed_stable_release() -> None:
-    assert __version__ == version("aws-durable-execution-sdk-python-telemetry-exporter")
-    release = Version(__version__)
-    assert release.major >= 1
-    assert not release.is_prerelease
-    assert not release.is_devrelease
-
-
-def test_package_is_marked_production_stable() -> None:
-    with (PACKAGE_ROOT / "pyproject.toml").open("rb") as pyproject:
-        classifiers = tomllib.load(pyproject)["project"]["classifiers"]
-
-    assert "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable" in classifiers
-    assert "Development Status :: 4 - Beta" not in classifiers