diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 9bfa0ff6cc..219a8f60fe 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index 40c8045e31..8055b579c7 100644
--- a/buffer/pom.xml
+++ b/buffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
index d6b77e9c7a..291c118091 100644
--- a/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-haproxy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-haproxy</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 73e4be5a93..48861e5bad 100644
--- a/codec-http/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-http/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 3c02a51889..c0de73bcee 100644
--- a/codec-socks/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-socks/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index 28386cc88e..f677c115ca 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 9add16944f..fecba45a2b 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 5e3b646b0a..9ed4bf3cd7 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
index 0e8ce2e0ca..24a789cf05 100644
--- a/handler/pom.xml
+++ b/handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index 18a8493ce7..b139f1c524 100644
--- a/microbench/pom.xml
+++ b/microbench/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-microbench</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14fced4e2b..1b95c736c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+  <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Netty</name>
   <url>http://netty.io/</url>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/netty/netty.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>netty-4.0.44.Final</tag>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
index b1a3f1508c..b7b61a3e59 100644
--- a/tarball/pom.xml
+++ b/tarball/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-tarball</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
index 42de1dc6b0..46b8649f60 100644
--- a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite-osgi</artifactId>
diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index f875546399..294e923deb 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-testsuite</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
index ac93377aef..d44d554c7a 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
index ea32a0f337..36421c8c99 100644
--- a/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-rxtx/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-rxtx</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index 9824f95288..ae176ab193 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-sctp</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport-udt/pom.xml b/transport-udt/pom.xml
index c2982c2366..00513c61e8 100644
--- a/transport-udt/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-udt/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport-udt</artifactId>
diff --git a/transport/pom.xml b/transport/pom.xml
index 71c6eef0d6..4e21a97abe 100644
--- a/transport/pom.xml
+++ b/transport/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.44.Final</version>
+    <version>4.0.45.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>